https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/ Practical guides on regulations, taxes, guest communication and automation for hosts, property managers, hotels and B&Bs — by the Maurice Assistant team. en Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://mauriceassistant.com/icon-192.pnghttps://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/ai-guest-messaging-short-term-rentals/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/ai-guest-messaging-short-term-rentals/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matteo Anzidei AI & automation An AI guest assistant answers guests’ questions 24/7, in their language, using what you’ve told it about your property — and the good ones also run tasks like online check-in and payments. Complaints, refunds, emergencies and questions outside its knowledge should come to you. Judge any tool on what it knows, when it calls you in, how guests reach it, and what it can do beyond chatting. https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/alloggiati-web-guest-registration-italy/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/alloggiati-web-guest-registration-italy/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matteo Anzidei Regulations Every host in Italy must report each guest’s identity to the police through Alloggiati Web, the Polizia di Stato portal, within 24 hours of arrival — or within 6 hours for stays of 24 hours or less. You need credentials from your provincial Questura before your first guest, you must keep the digital receipts for five years, and failing to report is an offence punishable by up to three months’ arrest or a fine of up to €206. https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/cedolare-secca-italy-rental-income-tax/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/cedolare-secca-italy-rental-income-tax/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matteo Anzidei Taxes The cedolare secca is an optional flat tax on rental income in Italy. For short-term rentals (stays up to 30 days) it’s 21% on one apartment you choose and 26% on the second. From 2026 the short-let regime covers at most two apartments per owner: rent three or more and the activity is presumed to be a business. Platforms and agencies that collect your rent withhold 21% as an advance, which you settle in your Italian tax return. https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/manage-airbnb-in-italy-remotely/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/manage-airbnb-in-italy-remotely/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matteo Anzidei Operations You can run a short-term rental in Italy while living abroad, but the legal duties are local: a CIN code, guest registration on Alloggiati Web within 24 hours, identification of every guest in person (a 2025 ruling also opens the door to live video), the Comune’s tourist tax and an Italian tax return. The workable setup is a local person for keys, cleaning and identification, a commercialista for taxes, and automation for everything else — guest messages, online check-in, police data and tourist-tax collection. https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/self-check-in-italy-rules/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/self-check-in-italy-rules/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matteo Anzidei Regulations Self check-in is not banned in Italy, but remote check-in alone — guests upload an ID and get a door code — is not enough. In November 2025 the Consiglio di Stato (judgment 9101/2025) confirmed that hosts must verify in person (de visu) that each guest matches their ID; it added that this could be done through a live video connection at the entrance. Collect documents online, identify guests live, then release the code. https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/italy-cin-code-short-term-rentals/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/italy-cin-code-short-term-rentals/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matteo Anzidei Regulations The CIN (Codice Identificativo Nazionale) is the national ID code every short-term and tourist rental in Italy must have. You request it online on the Ministry of Tourism’s BDSR portal (with SPID/CIE, or with dedicated credentials if you’re a foreign owner), then display it outside the building and in every listing. Renting without one costs €800–8,000; not displaying it costs €500–5,000 per unit. https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/italy-tourist-tax-short-term-rentals/ https://mauriceassistant.com/en/blog/italy-tourist-tax-short-term-rentals/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Matteo Anzidei Taxes Italy’s tourist tax — the imposta di soggiorno — is set by each Comune and paid by guests per person, per night. But as the host you’re legally responsible for paying it: you collect it, pass it to the Comune by its deadlines and file an annual declaration by 30 June of the following year. If a guest doesn’t pay, you still owe it. Rates, exemptions and payment schedules depend entirely on your Comune.