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
- JATTIVITÀ EDITORIALI, TRASMISSIONI RADIOFONICHE E PRODUZIONE E DISTRIBUZIONE DI CONTENUTI
- 60Attività di programmazione, trasmissione, agenzie di stampa e altre attività di distribuzione di contenuti
- 60.3Attività delle agenzie di stampa e altre attività di distribuzione di contenuti
- 60.31.00Attività delle agenzie di stampa
Description
- news syndicate and news agency activities furnishing news, pictures and features to the media, publishers and broadcasters
Exclusion notes
Excluded from division 60:
- wholesale of audio and video recordings on physical media, see division 46
- retail sale of audio and video recordings on physical media, see division 47
- retail sale outlets of newspapers, see division 47
- publishing of video games and other software, see division 58
- production of audio and audiovisual recordings (including recorded podcasts), activities of vlog sites and distribution of motion pictures, videos or audiovisual works and similar productions to motion picture theatres, television networks and stations, and exhibitors, see division 59
- operation of cable or satellite television transmission networks, see division 61
- provision of computing infrastructure and hosting activities, and activities of web search portals, see division 63
- influencer marketing, see division 73
- videodisc rental, see division 77
- activities of independent actors (including influencers appearing in vlogs) and independent bloggers, see division 90
- activities of gambling sites, see division 92
Excluded from group 60.3:
- activities of libraries and archives, see 91.1
Excluded from class 60.31:
- retail sale of newspapers, see 47.62
- publishing activities, see 58.1
- broadcasting and audio or video streaming activities (having distribution rights), see 60.10, 60.20
- provision of technical infrastructure related to audio or video streaming services, data processing services and related activities, see 63.10
- activities of independent photojournalists, see 74.20
- activities of independent journalists, see 90.11
Frequently asked questions
Is 60.31.00 for an agency that supplies news to newspapers and media?
Yes, when the activity is a news agency or syndication service: providing news, images, services and informational content to media outlets, publishers, broadcasters or other publications. If instead you directly publish a newspaper or a magazine, the comparison is with the publishing codes 58.12.00 and 58.13.00.
Are press clipping and media monitoring a news agency activity?
Not necessarily. If you collect and sell clippings, alerts, media monitoring or information research on behalf of third parties, the closest code may be 63.92.00 - Other information service activities. 60.31.00 is more appropriate when you produce or supply news as a press agency.
I run a site that aggregates and reposts news gathered from around the web: is that 60.31.00?
Usually not. If you manage a portal that indexes, collects and links to third-party content, you are closer to 63.91.00 - Web search portal activities, which bears no responsibility for the content. 60.31.00 applies when you yourself produce or sell the news to media and publishers as a press agency.
I am a freelancer and my pieces are published by other outlets: should I register as a news agency?
No. If you work as an individual and your content is published by third parties, you are closer to 90.11.01 - Independent journalists activities. 60.31.00 describes the activity of an agency or syndication service that supplies news to media, not a journalist who signs their own articles.
Replaces the following ATECO 2007 code
This 2025 code replaced the code in force until 31 March 2025:
- 63.91.00— Attività delle agenzie di stampa(corrispondenza diretta)