Traffic fines on a tax bill: what you pay under the rottamazione
Say who issued the fine and enter the items on the bill: the calculation keeps the fine, removes surcharges, interest and fee, and gives the amount with instalments.
For traffic fines the Italian settlement writes off far less than for taxes. Paragraph 97 of article 1 of Law 199 of 2025 says that for highway code penalties imposed by State administrations, such as prefetture, the traffic police and the Carabinieri, the quinquies only applies to interest however named, including the surcharges of article 27, sixth paragraph, of Law 689 of 1981, to late interest and to the collection fee. The fine itself stays due in full, along with service costs. For fines from municipal police and other local authorities the same rule applies, but only if the comune has joined the local-authority quinquies of article 10-quinquies of Decree-Law 38 of 2026 and collection is handled by the national agency: applications are open until 15 December 2026. Example: a €420 fine grown with €260 of surcharges, €35 of late interest, €30 of fee and €9 of costs comes down to €429, with €325 written off. The 10% surcharge every six months is often the heaviest item on old fines.
You pay under the settlement
€429.00
€325.00 written off, 43% of the total
| Penalties | €420.00 |
| Interest on the roll | written off €260.00 |
| Late-payment interest | written off €35.00 |
| Collection fee | written off €30.00 |
| Service and enforcement costs | €9.00 |
| Total over 4 instalments | €432.21 |
| Estimated instalment | €108.05 |
For fines the penalty itself stays due: only interest, surcharges and the fee are written off.
Cut to 4 instalments: none may be under €100.
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Prefettura or comune
| Who issued the fine | Settlement | Application |
|---|---|---|
| Prefettura, traffic police, Carabinieri | Quinquies (paragraph 97, Law 199/2025) | closed on 30 April 2026 |
| Participating comune or region, via the agency | Local-authority quinquies (art. 10-quinquies DL 38/2026) | open until 15 December 2026 |
| Comune collecting itself or via a concessionaire | Neither of these | – |
The FAQs on the local-authority quinquies confirm that for administrative penalties, including highway code ones, only interest and fee are written off. The list of participating authorities is published by the agency; calendar details are on the comuni and regions quinquies page.
Fine on a bill: what is left to pay
Left to pay
€181.75
| Written off | €110.00 |
| Share written off | 38% |
The fine itself stays: only surcharges, interest and the fee go.
Old fines and the write-off
Fines passed on between 2000 and 2015 with a balance up to 1,000 euros may already have been touched by the 2023 write-off: for prefettura fines the cancellation was total, for those of comuni and regions it covered interest only, unless the authority opted out or chose to cancel everything. Before applying, check the updated amount in the reserved area or in the estratto di ruolo. Texts reread on 26 October 2026.