Social security between Italy and the United States

Contribution years earned on one side of the Atlantic are not lost — but they only count if the coordination is claimed correctly and in time.

Working between the two countries creates two questions that are often confused: where contributions are due while you work, and how the two records are combined when you retire. The agreement answers both, with different rules and different evidence.

Publications in this topic

Double INPS Contribution for Company Partners and Directors: When It Is Unlawful — Gestione Separata plus Gestione Commercianti at the same time: when INPS enrollment is unlawful, how to challenge the notice, and how to recover contributions already paid.
Italy-U.S. Totalization Agreement: Pension Guide — Worked in both Italy and the U.S.? The Totalization Agreement lets you combine contribution periods from both countries to qualify for retirement benefits.

Related services

Italy-USA Social Security Agreement — Advisory on the Italy-USA Totalization Agreement (1978): avoid double contribution payment, combine periods for pension eligibility, obtain Certificates of Coverage.
INPS Contributions Recovery from the USA — Reconstruction and claim of Italian INPS pension entitlement for Italians who worked in Italy and now live in the US — including totalization with US Social Security.

Publications by topic

U.S. LLCs and corporate structure — Everything we publish on U.S. company structure for Italian founders and investors — from the first filing to the ongoing obligations most people discover too late.
U.S. and Italian reporting: FBAR and Quadro RW — Reporting obligations run in both directions. These guides cover the U.S. side (FBAR) and the Italian side (Quadro RW) of the same accounts.
Italy–USA tax compliance — The largest part of our published work: how the two tax systems overlap, where relief actually exists, and which positions have to be documented before they are claimed.
Social security between Italy and the United States — Contribution years earned on one side of the Atlantic are not lost — but they only count if the coordination is claimed correctly and in time.
U.S. property and cross-border inheritance — Property and inheritance are where a structure set up years earlier either works or becomes expensive. These guides cover both sides of that moment.
Moving, visas and Italian litigation — Immigration and litigation both start with a deadline. These guides set out what has to exist before the filing, not after.

Where we work — office and areas served

Social security between Italy and the United States is handled from our Florida practice for Italian clients living in the United States and in Italy: office in St. Petersburg (Pinellas County, Tampa Bay), assistance across Florida — including Miami and South Florida — and remotely throughout Italy.

Physical office (by appointment): IIILEX International Consulting LLC, 7901 4th St N STE 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, US · +1 (786) 604-8763 · +39 335 344 9660 · us@3lex.us

Areas served

St. Petersburg and Pinellas County, Florida (physical office)
Tampa, Clearwater and the wider Tampa Bay area
Miami, Miami-Dade, Fort Lauderdale/Broward and Palm Beach (South Florida)
Orlando, Naples, Sarasota and the rest of Florida
United States nationwide, remotely (federal tax and cross-border matters)
Italy: Milan, Rome, Turin, Bologna, Naples and the whole country, remotely

Office hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00 (US Eastern Time). Italian clients are also served in the Italian morning window (CET). Working languages: Italian and English.

Consultations are held online (video call) or in person at the St. Petersburg office. Documents are exchanged securely by e-mail.

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About the firm

IIILEX International Consulting LLC is the Florida-based practice of Avv. Dott. Massimo Leonardi — Italian-qualified Attorney (Avvocato), Dottore Commercialista and Statutory Auditor (Revisore Legale), qualified in Italy, with 30+ years of Italian practice. We work exclusively on cross-border matters between Italy and the United States, in coordination with licensed U.S. professionals for matters of U.S. law.

IIILEX International Consulting LLC · 7901 4th St N STE 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702 · us@3lex.us · +1 (786) 604-8763 · +39 335 344 9660

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Massimo Leonardi is admitted to practice law in Italy and is not admitted to practice law in Florida or elsewhere in the United States. He is qualified in Italy as Dottore Commercialista and Revisore Legale and is not a U.S. Certified Public Accountant. IIILEX International Consulting LLC provides cross-border consulting and Italian legal and tax advisory services. Matters requiring advice on U.S. or Florida law are handled in coordination with appropriately licensed U.S. professionals.