Lucca

For 2025 the Department of Finance lists for Lucca a four-bracket municipal IRPEF surcharge, from 0.58% to 0.79%, with an exemption for taxable income up to 14,500 euros. Rents, prices per square metre and the pass are in the data.

Public housing belongs to the Comune and is allocated through a call and ranking (regional law 2/2019); management is entrusted to E.R.P. Lucca S.r.l. within the L.O.D.E. Lucchese. A regional and municipal rent contribution also exists. The source dates from 2020: check. Rents and prices are in the data.

Appointments with municipal offices are booked online; change of residence falls under the demographic services (U.O. 3.3). The Comune lists recycling stations for bulky waste; the civic library is the Agorà.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Urban public transport is run by Autolinee Toscane, with the "urbano capoluogo" ticket; lines 6 and 67 have mixed fares. The Comune publishes the Mobility and Parking Plan for the historic centre and also points to Lucca Plus for parking.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

The reference hospital is San Luca (via Lippi Francesconi, switchboard 0583 9701), run by Azienda USL Toscana nord ovest; the district is Piana di Lucca. Single CUP number 0585 498498; out-of-hours doctor on 116117, active in the province of Lucca since 18 November 2024.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca has its legal seat at piazza S. Ponziano 6 and a campus in the San Francesco complex (piazza S. Francesco 19); it has a residence at via Brunero Paoli 31.

Lucca's 16th–17th-century walls define it: a 4.2-kilometre circuit around the centre, used as a promenade and as an events space. The Comune is based at via Santa Giustina 6.

The municipal tourism portal lists as main sights the Walls, San Martino cathedral, Piazza Anfiteatro, the Guinigi Tower, the Tower of the Hours, Piazza San Michele, the Botanical Garden and the Museum of the Ancient Mint. The InfoPoint is at via Cesare Battisti 14.

The Walls host walks, concerts and sports events; summer brings the Lucca Summer Festival (in 2026 with concerts on 4, 16 and 19 July) and autumn Lucca Comics & Games, for which the Comune publishes ordinances and rules for street vendors and parking.