Ex Renzi bonus: workers can recover up to 1,200 euros before 26 October
Italian workers who did not receive the full trattamento integrativo, the former Renzi bonus, can claim the shortfall through a 730 correction until 26 October 2026. Eligibility depends on income, tax deductions and the period worked.
What taxpayers can still recover
The former Renzi bonus, now called the trattamento integrativo, can reach 100 euros a month, or 1,200 euros a year, and it is paid tax-free. Some eligible workers may have received less than they were owed, or nothing at all, because the employer calculated the amount using the data it held during the year. Anyone who filed a 730 can correct it until 26 October 2026, through an integrative return submitted via a CAF or an accredited tax professional. A correction may produce a larger credit, a smaller debt or no change in tax. The right is not universal, since entitlement depends on total income, the period worked and specific tax conditions.
From the 80-euro bonus to the trattamento integrativo
The measure dates to 2014, when Matteo Renzi was prime minister, and started as an 80-euro monthly payment. In its first year it paid 640 euros, because it began in March and ran for nine months, and from 2015 it became structural at 960 euros a year. In 2020 it rose to 100 euros a month, reaching the 1,200-euro annual ceiling, and its label on the pay slip changed to 'trattamento integrativo'. Another report dates the reshaping of its structure and income limits to the 2022 budget law, so the dates for the 100-euro level differ across reports. One report says the measure was confirmed for 2026.
- 80-euro monthly bonus begins under the Renzi government, paying 640 euros over nine months in the first year
- Bonus becomes structural at 960 euros a year
- Renamed trattamento integrativo on pay slips
- Deadline for 730 integrative corrections
Who qualifies and who is excluded
Eligible groups include public and private employees, workers on atypical or assimilated contracts, cooperative members and recipients of unemployment benefits such as NASpI. Pensioners, self-employed workers and people with income above 28,000 euros are excluded. Those in the no-tax area of up to 8,500 euros do not build the right to the bonus. Total Irpef income excludes the main home and its relative pertinences but includes rent taxed under the cedolare secca regime. Below 15,000 euros the bonus is paid in full when gross tax exceeds the employee deductions, after a further 75-euro reduction pro-rated to the days worked. Between 15,001 and 28,000 euros a capacity test applies, and the bonus is granted only if certain deductions exceed gross tax, with the amount equal to the difference up to 1,200 euros.
Why the bonus can be missing
Employers normally pay the bonus directly on the pay slip when they judge the requirements are met, but the calculation relies on the information they hold during the year. Examples include income from a second part-time job or deductions the worker is entitled to but that the employer does not know about. Actual income can differ from the figure used at mid-year, and workers who changed jobs in the same year may be affected. Domestic workers, whose employer is not a withholding agent (sostituto d'imposta), are also among those who should check. Anyone in these groups should compare the pay slip line for 'trattamento integrativo' with the amount they are entitled to.
Checking before the deadline
Workers should first look for the 'trattamento integrativo' or 'Tir' line on their pay slips and compare the amount with their income and deductions. Those who did not receive it, or received less, can correct their 730 through a CAF or tax professional by 26 October 2026. Corrections can increase the credit, reduce the debt or leave the tax unchanged, so the result depends on each individual return. Only that verification step can show whether any amount is still owed.
