The 2025 Budget Law (Law No. 207 of December 30, 2024) introduces significant changes for productive investments in Italy. Among the main updates are revisions to the Transition 4.0 and 5.0 Plans, designed to foster the digital and energy transformation of businesses.
Among the eligible costs for obtaining benefits and incentives, expenses for consulting services aimed at supporting companies in their digital and sustainable transformation journey are confirmed again this year.
This year as well, eligible costs for accessing dedicated benefits and incentives include expenses for consulting services that support companies in their digital and sustainable transformation journey.
What’s new in Transition 4.0
Cap of €2.2 billion for tangible fixed assets
The new regulation, set out in the 2025 Budget Law, establishes a maximum cap of €2.2 billion for investments in tangible fixed assets.
- Validity: tax credit available for investments made until December 31, 2025.
- Extension: available until June 30, 2026 for orders with a 20% down payment made by December 31, 2025.
- Simplified procedures: from May 18, 2024, applications must be submitted through the GSE portal with new streamlined features.
- Resource management: applications are processed in chronological order until funds are exhausted. Investments already booked before the law’s publication are not subject to the cap.
Exclusion of 4.0 software from incentives
With the 2025 Budget Law, starting in January the 10% tax credit for 4.0 software (intangible assets listed in Annex B of Law 232/2016) has been eliminated, marking a significant change for those investing in digitalization.
Changes to the Transition 5.0 Plan
Enhanced rates for investments
The plan redefines investment brackets and introduces higher rates:
- Up to €10 million: rate increased to 45% for projects achieving significant reductions in energy consumption.
- From €10 to €50 million: rate increased to 15%.
The changes are retroactive to January 1, 2024, subject to the availability of NRRP funds.
Cumulo con altre agevolazioni
The 5.0 tax credit can now be combined with:
- Tax credits for investments in the Southern Italy Single SEZ and in the ZLS.
- EU incentives, provided they do not overlap on the same cost items.
The ban on combining with the 4.0 tax credit on the same eligible costs remains in place.
Simplifications for energy savings
The 2025 Budget Law introduced new measures to encourage energy savings:
- Replacement of obsolete machinery: application of a flat 35% rate for investments up to €10 million.
- Projects with ESCO: energy performance contracts automatically validate energy savings reduction.
- Automatic efficiency: for replacement machinery fully depreciated for at least 24 months, an automatic reduction of 3% is applied for production units and 5% for processes.
How can you take advantage of this opportunity?
Quin, a strategic and operational consulting firm offering technological solutions in Operations & Supply Chain Management and Business Performance Management, is the partner to guide your company on its digital and sustainable transformation journey, also leveraging the incentives and benefits provided by the 2025 Budget Law and the many initiatives of the NRRP.
Our people-, process-, and technology-oriented approach drives us to support companies through every stage of their path to excellence: from needs assessment to strategy definition, all the way to implementing the most advanced technologies and carrying out organizational change. We design tailored roadmaps to ensure companies achieve tangible, measurable results through innovative and sustainable solutions.
Contact us to discover how we can shape the future of your company together!
