We have dealt with incentives linked to engines (or rather to non-polluting vehicles) in two recent articles.
In January the government reiterated the ecobonus already active in 2023. Subsequently, with a Prime Ministerial Decree it unlocked new incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles.
From today, Monday 4 March, it is possible to benefit from a further measure, however reserved for road transport. This is the driving license bonus: let’s find out what it is, who is entitled to it and how to submit the application.
The driving license bonus
The 2024 driving license bonus is a benefit intended for Italian or European citizens, between 18 and 35 years of age, who want to obtain a driving license (or professional qualifications) for driving vehicles intended for carrying out the business of transporting people and goods.
The driving license bonus corresponds to 80% of the expense incurred, with a maximum ceiling of 2,500 euros, and can only be paid once to each applicant. It does not constitute taxable income of the beneficiary and is not relevant for the purposes of calculating the value of the ISEE.
Included in Legislative Decree 228/2021, the bonus has “an allocation equal to 3.7 million euros for the year 2022 and 5.4 million euros for each of the years from 2023 to 2026.”
How to apply
Before submitting an application for the 2024 driving license bonus, you must register on the platform of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, which will be active from 12.00 on 4 March.
There are three registration methods: through SPID, CIE (electronic identity card) or CNS (national services card). Once logged in, you have thirty minutes to complete the registration and request the bonus.
Click day
The platform of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport will allow applications for the driving license bonus to be submitted starting from 12.00 on Monday 4 March and until the limit is exhausted.
Which means that it is a click day, so those interested will have to be diligent. Once active, the platform will allow you to access the ceiling section to check the remaining resources.
He ceiling
From 2023 to 2026 the government has therefore allocated 5.4 million euros per year for the driving license bonus. The overall commitment for the measure is 25.3 million euros.
It should be underlined that a rush to click may not be necessary starting from 12pm on Monday 4 March: just think that, in 2023, of the 5.4 million available, less than 5 million were used (exactly 4,991,147.45 euros) .
The requirements for applying
Applicants must be Italian or European citizens and be aged between eighteen and thirty-five in the period from 1 March 2022 to 31 December 2026.
The bonus covers 80 percent (for a maximum of 2,500 euros) of the cost of training necessary to obtain the license and professional qualifications for driving vehicles intended for carrying out the road transport of people and goods. .
Therefore driving licenses for vehicles for the transport of goods (C, CE, C1, C1E) or passengers (D, DE, D1, D1E). Or Driver Qualification Card (CQC).
How to benefit from the bonus
Once the bonus has been paid, the relevant driving school must activate it within 60 days, otherwise the benefit is automatically canceled. From the moment of activation, the beneficiary has 18 months to obtain the driver’s license or qualification card. Each interested person can only request it once.
The bonus can only be activated by driving schools that have joined the initiative. Almost 2,500 driving schools have signed up, and the list can be consulted in the Where to use vouchers section of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport website.
Finally, it should be remembered that it is necessary to apply for the driving license bonus before obtaining it: the date of the driving qualification must be after the date of issue of the bonus.
