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Business Days in January 2024 for Italy

January 2024 has 22 giorni lavorativi under the Italian national holiday calendar. January 2024 contains one Italian national holiday on a weekday. The month covers 31 calendar days, of which 8 are sabato and domenica. That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of giorni lavorativi in Italy.

giorni lavorativi

22

Calendar Days

31

Weekend Days

8

festività nazionali

1

Work Weeks

4.4

January 2024 business day calendar
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1
Capodanno
2
3
4
5
6
Epifania
7
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8
9
10
11
12
13
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15
16
17
18
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22
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festività nazionali in January 2024

Mon, Jan 1Capodanno

Italy January deadlines

Capodanno (January 1) and Epifania (January 6) close banks and Borsa Italiana. F24 monthly withholding tax for December is due January 16. Liquidazione IVA mensile for December is due January 16. The Agenzia delle Entrate annual deadline calendar publishes early January, including the Modello Unico filing windows for income tax.

Day-of-Week Distribution

The count of each weekday in January 2024. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.

DayCount
Monday5
Tuesday5
Wednesday5
Thursday4
Friday4
Saturday4
Sunday4

Italy reporting cycles and business-day rules

Italian business-day cycles align with Agenzia delle Entrate F24 monthly deposits (deadline 16th of the following month) and Liquidazione IVA mensile due the 16th. The Banca d'Italia operates TARGET2 for euro wholesale settlement and BI-COMP for SEPA on bank business days. Codice Civile articolo 1183 governs contractual performance timing. Modello CU (Certificazione Unica) for employee earnings is due to employees and the Agenzia by March 16. Modello Redditi PF for self-employed taxpayers is due June 30. Companies with December year-ends file Modello Redditi SC by the last business day of November.

January 2024 giorni lavorativi compared by country

Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts Italy alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for January 2024.

CountryBusiness DaysHolidays this month
🇺🇸United States21New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
🇬🇧United Kingdom22New Year's Day
🇨🇦Canada22New Year's Day
🇦🇺Australia21New Year's Day, Australia Day
🇮🇳India22Republic Day
🇵🇭Philippines22New Year's Day
🇫🇷France22Jour de l'An
🇩🇪Germany22Neujahrstag
🇯🇵Japan21New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day
🇲🇽Mexico22Año Nuevo
🇸🇬Singapore22New Year's Day

How January 2024 compares year over year

January 2023 also had 22 giorni lavorativi, so the working capacity is unchanged year over year. On the surrounding months, December 2023 has 21 giorni lavorativi and February 2024 has 21. Looking forward, January 2025 has 21 giorni lavorativi under the same Italian national holiday calendar.

Using this calculator in Italy

A Milan corporate controller uses the 22-day January 2024 count to align Banca d'Italia TARGET2 settlement with Agenzia delle Entrate F24 monthly deadlines on the 16th. A Rome law firm uses giorni lavorativi to track Codice Civile articolo 1183 contractual payment timing and ENPALS/INPS contribution cycles. A Florence manufacturing controller uses business-day math to align Modello CU (Certificazione Unica) employee earnings reporting and Modello Redditi PF tax filings.

For informational purposes only

This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many business days are in January 2024 for Italian national?
January 2024 has 22 giorni lavorativi under the Italian national holiday calendar. The month spans 31 calendar days, of which 8 fall on a weekend and 1 is a Italian national holiday that lands on a weekday. The remaining 22 weekdays are countable as giorni lavorativi for invoicing, deadline tracking, and contract math.
Which Italy holidays affect January 2024?
January 2024 contains one Italian national holiday: Capodanno on Monday, January 1. Banks and Italy financial markets close on each of these days. Regional or industry-specific closures may add further non-working days for narrower contract definitions; layer them into the calculator's Advanced options if needed.
Is Santo Stefano (December 26) observed as a national holiday in Italy?
Yes. Santo Stefano (December 26) is a national festività in Italy alongside Natale (December 25). Both close banks, Borsa Italiana, and most private-sector employers. The Italian national set differs from many other countries by including December 26 universally as a public holiday, alongside Catholic-rooted dates such as Immacolata Concezione (December 8) and Ognissanti (November 1) that are also fully national.
How does the Festa del Patrono affect this national calendar?
Each Italian municipality observes its own Festa del Patrono (patron saint's day): San Giovanni Battista in Florence on June 24, San Petronio in Bologna on October 4, Sant'Ambrogio in Milan on December 7, and others. These are local holidays that close municipal offices, schools, and some businesses in their respective cities but are not in this national set. For Milan-, Rome-, or Florence-specific contracts, layer the municipal patron-saint date under the calculator's Advanced options.
Why does the business-day count vary year to year?
Two things shift the monthly count for Italy. First, the day of the week the first of the month lands on changes the count of each weekday. Second, Italian national holidays anchored to a fixed date shift their weekday across years. Some years a fixed-date holiday lands on a weekend; some countries shift the observance to an adjacent weekday and some absorb it into the weekend. January 2023 also had 22 giorni lavorativi, so the working capacity is unchanged year over year.

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