Cross-border worker tax in Erba: old vs new regime

Numeric scenario: old vs new regime

Sample profile: single cross-border worker, no children, 55,000 gross CHF/year, residence within 20 km of the border. Real municipal figures applied.

How the 2024 agreement works

Old cross-border workers (already commuting before 17 July 2023 and resident in the 20 km band, like Erba) stay taxed exclusively in Switzerland: they pay only the Swiss withholding tax and no Italian IRPEF on their frontier income.

New cross-border workers face concurrent taxation: Switzerland withholds tax at source and Italy taxes the same income while granting a credit for the Swiss tax, adding regional and municipal surtaxes. In Erba the municipal surtax is 0.7%, about €298 per year in the sample scenario.

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Compared with the nearest towns

Within 8.6 km of Erba there are 6 towns with a page on this site: Albavilla, Canzo, Tavernerio, Lurago d'Erba, Inverigo and Capiago Intimiano.

Across this group the municipal surcharge runs from 0.55% (Albavilla) to 0.7% (Erba).

Erba sits at 0.7%: 7 of 7 counting from the lowest.

Of 7 comparable towns, this page ranks 7 on the municipal surcharge, at 0.7%.

Ahead in the ranking, in order: Albavilla, Canzo, Capiago Intimiano, Inverigo, Lurago d'Erba and Tavernerio.

just ahead is Tavernerio (0.55%)

Across the group the highest value is 0.7% (Erba) and the lowest 0.55% (Albavilla).

Of 7 comparable towns, this page ranks 7 on indicative monthly rent, at €580.

Ahead in the ranking, in order: Albavilla, Canzo, Capiago Intimiano, Inverigo, Lurago d'Erba and Tavernerio.

just ahead is Tavernerio (€550)

Across the group the highest value is €580 (Erba) and the lowest €550 (Albavilla).

Of 7 comparable towns, this page ranks 1 on population, at 16,500.

Further down the ranking: Inverigo, Albavilla, Tavernerio, Lurago d'Erba, Capiago Intimiano and Canzo.

just behind is Inverigo (9,209)

Across the group the highest value is 16,500 (Erba) and the lowest 5,168 (Canzo).

Of 7 comparable towns, this page ranks 5 on distance to the border, at 18 km.

Ahead in the ranking, in order: Tavernerio, Capiago Intimiano, Albavilla and Lurago d'Erba.

Further down the ranking: Canzo.

Tied with this page: Inverigo (18 km).

just ahead is Lurago d'Erba (17 km)

Across the group the highest value is 19 km (Canzo) and the lowest 10 km (Tavernerio).

By population, this town ranks 11 of 69 with 16,500 residents; immediately above: Domodossola and Malnate; immediately below: Lentate sul Seveso and Luino.

By distance to the border, this town ranks 47 of 69 at 18 km; immediately above: Bregnano and Lurago d'Erba; immediately below: Aosta and Arosio.

By indicative monthly rent, this town ranks 47 of 69 at €580; immediately above: Guanzate and Turate; immediately below: Lurate Caccivio and Appiano Gentile.

In province CO, the towns with the closest population above the floor are Olgiate Comasco and Lurate Caccivio.

By municipal surcharge, this town ranks 55 of 68 at 0.7%; immediately above: Domodossola and Lomazzo; immediately below: Cantù and Como.

Under the new regime, same profile, the surcharge gap against Albavilla — the lowest in the group — is worth about €64 of net pay a year.

Straight-line distances computed from the town-centre coordinates in our dataset. 2024 IRPEF surcharge, distance to the border and indicative rent from the same municipal dataset used in the scenario above.

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