Official: Sicilian Tax Has Been Introduced: You All Must Pay €3,690 or You Won't Live Here | They'll Come After You If You Don't

Almost €4,000 in expenses have been introduced for Sicilians. If you don't pay it, the tax authorities themselves will come after you; there's really no escape.

Yes, the news has arrived, and everyone living in Sicily is not at all happy; in fact, they have been slapped with a €3,600 tax, a significant sum, a fine, but not even a voluntary contribution, but a mandatory and ongoing tax, applied indiscriminately to all taxpayers.

The amount is significant and could be enough to spark discussion, but obviously the situation is made worse by the precariousness of citizens who must deal with an economy that continues to work against them.

So the situation is turning out to be quite alarming for Sicilian citizens, this new tax was certainly not needed, it really seems to have arrived to ruin the holidays for everyone .

Here's what you need to know about it and how this tax will affect the lives of many Italians.

A silent tax, yet present every year: here's who pays it and why

What we've called the Sicilian Tax applies to all residents of Sicily who earn an income. It's a relatively silent item, yet it's clearly present in every tax return, and is calculated proportionally to your total annual income. So, in this case, the more you earn, the more you pay, even though an average income seems sufficient to reach the €3,000 you have to pay.

In short, this isn't anything new, but rather something that isn't given the proper weight it should be. The amount indicated is an estimated average for those with a gross annual income of around €300,000, though that certainly doesn't mean that lower salaries aren't impacted. This lack of transparency, of course, makes it even worse.

Far from a secret tax, it's a real blow

This tax, called the Regional Additional Tax on Personal Income Tax (IRPEF), was established nationwide in 1998 and is now a legally mandated instrument for financing the budgets of individual regions. Individual regions can specifically set the rates to apply to the taxable income of their residents. In Sicily, this rate was set at 1.23% and remained constant from at least 2021 to 2025.

Therefore, those living in Sicily will have to pay an additional contribution each year based on their earnings. A tax that many consider invisible, even though it is, in effect, very real. Not a new tax, but something Sicilians have more or less come to terms with.