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The Italian revenue stamp, referred to as a "marca da bollo" in Italian, is a
Since June 2005 the stamps have been replaced by stickers, issued by telematics from the Italian revenue agency, Agenzia delle Entrate, at the point of sale. The stickers replaced the stamps on September 1, 2007.
People who still had the older stamps on that date were not able to subsequently use them because of the change to adhesive stickers and the older stamps are not presently refundable. Due to prior purchasing of the stamps in large quantities, some businesses suffered fiscal damage because they purchased the stamps shortly before the changeover to stickers.
The requirement to purchase physical revenue stamps or stickers annually was eliminated on 24 June 2014 It was replaced with an electronic duty system from 2015 onward. This program is expected to eventually be eliminated to bring Italy's passport management system in line with EU partners who generally do not require such payments.
John Barefoot
* Koeppel, Adolph. ''Italian Municipal Revenue Stamps, Volume 1, Cities A-K'', Fiscal Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1999. *Koeppel, Adolph. ''Italian Municipal Revenue Stamps, Volume 2 , Cities L-Z'', Fiscal Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1999. .
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The Italian revenue stamp, referred to as a "marca da bollo" in Italian, is a revenue stamp
A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, ...
that has been used in Italy beginning in 1863 as payment for the validation of acts and public documents (for example, notarial acts, statements, passports, etc.).
An Italian revenue stamp for passports, referred to as a "marca da bollo per passaporto" in Italian (or, more properly, "concessione governativa passaporto"), is required for the issuance of a passport. Whereas the revenue stamp was to be affixed into the passport (and another one put in every year only if the passport was used outside of the EU area), nowadays only one "marca" is required and it is used on the passport request form.
These stamps are generally sold in tobacconists or in authorized public places.
Replacement of stamps by stickers
Since June 2005 the stamps have been replaced by stickers, issued by telematics from the Italian revenue agency, Agenzia delle Entrate, at the point of sale. The stickers replaced the stamps on September 1, 2007.
People who still had the older stamps on that date were not able to subsequently use them because of the change to adhesive stickers and the older stamps are not presently refundable. Due to prior purchasing of the stamps in large quantities, some businesses suffered fiscal damage because they purchased the stamps shortly before the changeover to stickers.
The requirement to purchase physical revenue stamps or stickers annually was eliminated on 24 June 2014 It was replaced with an electronic duty system from 2015 onward. This program is expected to eventually be eliminated to bring Italy's passport management system in line with EU partners who generally do not require such payments.
See also
* Postage stamps and postal history of ItalyReferences
Further reading
*Barefoot, J., Ltd. ''Italy Revenues'', J. Barefoot Ltd, York, 2013. . Catalogue bJohn Barefoot
* Koeppel, Adolph. ''Italian Municipal Revenue Stamps, Volume 1, Cities A-K'', Fiscal Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1999. *Koeppel, Adolph. ''Italian Municipal Revenue Stamps, Volume 2 , Cities L-Z'', Fiscal Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1999. .
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