How many months of deposit can a landlord ask for?

Three at most (art. 11 L. 392/1978). The deposit earns legal interest for you, 1,6% in 2026, and comes back at the end unless there is damage to pay for.

Who pays to register a rental contract?

Landlord and tenant, half each (art. 8 L. 392/1978): 2% of the yearly rent, at least €67 in the first year. With the cedolare secca there is nothing to pay.

How much does an agency charge for a rental?

Usually one month of rent plus IVA from each side, by the custom of the province; the fee is agreed in writing. The calculator starts at one month.

Does the tenant pay the condominium charges?

As a rule, those for the shared services yes, extraordinary maintenance no (art. 9 L. 392/1978). Add them to the calculator if the rent does not include them.

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Renting in Italy

What renting costs on top of the rent

What you pay at signing, each month and each year, your half of the registration tax, the deposit and what it earns, and the tax relief a tenant can claim, from the national rules.

Monthly rent

In euro, as the contract will state it.

€

Condominium charges

Euro a month, if you pay them on top of the rent. Leave it empty if they are included.

€

Years of the first term

4 for a 4+4, 3 for a 3+2.

Deposit, in months of rent

The law allows at most three months.

Agency fee, in months of rent

Before IVA. One month is the usual figure, but it is agreed in writing. Clear it if there is no agency.

The landlord chose the cedolare seccaThen neither of you pays the registration tax or the imposta di bollo. Ask the landlord.Canone concordato (3+2)A contract on the rents agreed for the comune. It changes the tax relief.

Your tax relief

Your total yearly income

Optional. Only used to work out the relief.

€

I am 20 to 30, and the home is not my parents’

At signing

Type a rent to see the figures.

Not in the figures, because no rule sizes them

Electricity, gas, water and internet, in your name or charged by the landlord.
The TARI, the waste tax, which the person living in the home pays to the comune.
The imposta di bollo on the contract, €16 per copy per four pages, unless the landlord chose the cedolare secca.
Any insurance the contract asks you to take out.

This is arithmetic over national rules, not advice. The contract decides who pays what; read it before you sign.

DPR 131/1986 Tariffa I art. 5; L. 392/1978 art. 8, art. 11; L. 431/1998 art. 8; D.Lgs. 23/2011 art. 3; DPR 917/1986 art. 16; D.M. MEF 10/12/2025.

What you pay at signing

At signing you usually pay the first month, the deposit and, with an agency, its fee plus IVA at 22%. The deposit may not exceed three months of rent (art. 11 L. 392/1978) and earns legal interest for you. With a rent of €800, three months of deposit and one agency month, signing takes €4.272: €800 for the first month, €2.400 of deposit, €976 of agency with IVA and €96 of registration tax.

The registration tax on the contract is 2% of the yearly rent, at least €67 in the first year, shared equally by landlord and tenant (art. 8 L. 392/1978). If the landlord chose the cedolare secca, neither of you pays it.

Canone concordato and tax relief

On a canone concordato in a comune ad alta tensione abitativa, the registration tax is worked out on 70% of the rent: at €800 a month your half falls from €96 to €67,20 a year.

A tenant of their main home on a registered contract may deduct up to €300 a year (€150 with an income between €15.493,71 and €30.987,41), up to €495,80 on a canone concordato and, aged 20 to 30, 20% of the rent, from €991,60 to €2.000, for the first four years.

Questions people ask

How many months of deposit can a landlord ask for?: Three at most (art. 11 L. 392/1978). The deposit earns legal interest for you, 1,6% in 2026, and comes back at the end unless there is damage to pay for.
Who pays to register a rental contract?: Landlord and tenant, half each (art. 8 L. 392/1978): 2% of the yearly rent, at least €67 in the first year. With the cedolare secca there is nothing to pay.
How much does an agency charge for a rental?: Usually one month of rent plus IVA from each side, by the custom of the province; the fee is agreed in writing. The calculator starts at one month.
Does the tenant pay the condominium charges?: As a rule, those for the shared services yes, extraordinary maintenance no (art. 9 L. 392/1978). Add them to the calculator if the rent does not include them.