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Influencer Marketing: New ATECO Code and VAT Implications for Habitual Activities

  • Non occasional exercise of activity determines passive subjectivity.
  • New ATECO classification includes code 73.11.03 for influencer marketing from April 2025.
  • Nature of influencer activities for VAT purposes is questioned.
  • Influencer activities may be considered as exercise of arts or professions under DPR 633/72.
  • Italian Revenue Agency classifies influencer income as self-employment income.
  • EU directive 2006/112/CE considers anyone independently conducting economic activity as a VAT subject.
  • Revenue Agency states passive subject qualification arises when services are part of habitual economic activity.
  • New ATECO code recognizes influencer activity as autonomous.
  • If influencer activity is not sole activity, it must be determined if it is part of existing activity or separate.
  • Different scenario for professionals like lawyers who also work as influencers in other fields.
  • In such cases, a new activity code is required and VAT must be applied separately.

Source: eutekne.info

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