Recommended INPS scheme:
SEPARATA
Flat-rate scheme (forfettario)
Eligible for the flat-rate scheme?
Yes
Threshold:
€85,000
Profitability coefficient:
67%
Calculate your taxes
Classification
- CATTIVITÀ MANIFATTURIERE
- 18Stampa e riproduzione di supporti registrati
- 18.1Stampa e servizi connessi alla stampa
- 18.14.00Legatoria e servizi connessi
Description
- trade binding, sample mounting and post -press services in support of printing activities (e.g. trade binding and finishing of books, brochures, magazines, catalogues), by e.g. folding, cutting and trimming, assembling, stitching, thread sewing, adhesive binding, cutting and cover laying, gluing, collating, basting, gold stamping; spiral binding and plastic wire binding
- binding and finishing of printed paper or printed cardboard, by folding, stamping, drilling, punching, perforating, embossing, sticking, gluing, laminating
- finishing services for CD-ROMs
- mailing finishing services (e.g. customisation, envelope preparation)
- other finishing activities (e.g. die, sinking or stamping, Braille copying)
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
Frequently asked questions
I bind and finish books and catalogues for print shops: is that code 18.14 or printing 18.12?
18.14.00, because bookbinding is a post-printing service: binding, folding, cutting, stitching, perfect binding, collating, gold blocking and spiral binding. The actual printing of the product stays in 18.12.00.
On top of bookbinding I also do mailing fulfilment and personalised correspondence: does that fall here?
Yes. Services related to mailing — such as personalisation and envelope preparation — and the finishing of CD-ROMs are among the activities of this code. The stage that precedes printing, such as layout and plate preparation, falls under 18.13.00.
I bind theses, photo albums and documents that clients bring in already printed — I do no printing myself: is this the right code?
Yes, bookbinding stays here even when you work only with already-printed material: binding, cutting, stitching, perfect binding and spiral binding are the core of this code. If you were to print the product yourself, that part would fall under 18.12.00.
Replaces the following ATECO 2007 code
This 2025 code replaced the code in force until 31 March 2025:
- 18.14.00— Legatoria e servizi connessi(corrispondenza diretta)