Useful information for who wants to buy Government securities on auction or on the secondary market
Investing in Treasury Securities

The current tax regime on Government BondsLink to internal page provides:- for all taxpayers earning interest on Government bonds and running a business activity, that interest is not subject to any tax at source or substitutive withdrawal and contributes, together with the profit and loss income items, to the determination of the total taxable income; - for all other subjects, that tax is collected on a lieu tax basis by financial intermediaries, at a fixed rate of 12.5%. You apply the lieu tax both on the coupons and on the difference between redemption value and issue price; for CTZs and BOTs the difference between redemption value and issue price is the only interest component.

Commissions applied to subscribers of short term securities (BOTs) are indicated in the decree for transparency in the government bond placement which establishes the maximum amount that banks can apply to their clientele at the subscription of the bond. Additionally, those levels of commissions have to be exhibited in venues open to the public by exposing specific informative prospectus. For medium-long term bonds (BTPs, CCTs, CTZs) investors are not subject to the payment of any placement commission. In this case, in fact, the Treasury provides the Bank of Italy with commissions that will be attributed, entirely or partially, to the financial intermediaries taking part in the auction.