Recommended INPS scheme:
SEPARATA
Flat-rate scheme (forfettario)
Eligible for the flat-rate scheme?
Yes
Threshold:
€85,000
Profitability coefficient:
67%
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Classification
- CATTIVITÀ MANIFATTURIERE
- 18Stampa e riproduzione di supporti registrati
- 18.1Stampa e servizi connessi alla stampa
- 18.12.00Altra stampa
Description
- printing of magazines and other periodicals, appearing less than four times a week
- printing of:
- books and brochures
- music and music manuscripts
- maps, atlases
- posters, advertising catalogues, prospectuses and other printed advertising
- postage stamps, taxation stamps
- documents of title, cheques and other security papers
- smart cards
- albums, diaries, calendars and other commercial printed matter
- beer mats
- personalised stationery and other printed matter by letterpress, offset, photogravure, flexographic, screen printing, and other printing presses, duplication machines, computer printers, embossers etc., including quick printing directly onto textiles, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics
- digital printing
- silk-screen printing on textiles and wearing apparel
- photocopying of documents
- decorative printing, e.g. printing of gift wraps, wallpapers, materials for transfer
- large format printing, e.g. printing of flags, banners, roll-ups, posters
- printing of invitations for weddings and other events
- printing on labels or tags (for example, lithographic, gravure printing, flexographic printing, printing signs)
- laser engraving on textiles
- activities of printing photographs
- printing onto glass, printing onto metals
Exclusion notes
Excluded from division 18:
- publishing activities, see section J
- manufacture of products with a 3D printer, see corresponding classes according to the product and material used
Excluded from class 18.12:
- printing of textile fabrics as an intermediate process within the manufacture of textiles, see 13.30
- manufacture of stationery (e.g. notebooks, binders, registers, accounting books, business forms), when the printed information is not the main characteristic, see 17.23
- publishing activities, see section J
- publishing of printed matter, see 58.1
- advertising design activities, see 73.11
- operation of photocopying machines for photocopying as a self-service, see 82.10
- engraving onto metal, glass, wood, etc., see corresponding class according to the material used
Frequently asked questions
I screen-print T-shirts and personalised merchandise: which ATECO code do I use?
This one. Other printing covers screen printing on fabrics and clothing, digital printing, direct printing on textiles, plastics, glass and metal, as well as posters, flyers and invitations. Pre-press activities — platemaking and layout — fall under 18.13.00.
I print books, magazines and catalogues: 18.12 or newspaper printing 18.11?
18.12.00, because this code covers books, pamphlets, magazines and periodicals published fewer than four times a week, catalogues and posters. High-frequency newspapers and periodicals fall under 18.11.00.
On top of printing flyers I also fold, trim and bind them: do I also need a bookbinding code?
Yes, if binding and finishing become a stand-alone activity. Folding, cutting, stitching and perfect-binding of printed matter are bookbinding and related services, under 18.14.00. As long as you stick to printing the product, this code is sufficient.
I duplicate CDs, DVDs and software media from a master: does that fall under other printing?
No. The duplication of recorded media — CDs, DVDs and software from a master — is the reproduction of recorded media, under 18.20.00. This code covers printing on paper, textiles and other materials, not the duplication of recorded media.
Replaces the following ATECO 2007 code
This 2025 code replaced the code in force until 31 March 2025:
- 18.12.00— Altra stampa(rimappatura complessa)