2025 pet bonuses, up to 550 euros for veterinary expenses: how it works

Among the incentives that have been confirmed for 2025 there is also the pet bonus, which consists of a tax deduction that has, among the different purposes, that of fighting stray dogs: during the year just passed, over 80 thousand dogs were abandoned. In 2024 750 thousand euros of bonuses to be spent until 2026 had been made available. In practice, around 250 thousand euros every year. So let’s see who is up to the contribution and what you have to do to receive it.

How it works

At the time of the tax return, those who have the right to the incentive can deduct 19% of the veterinary expenses incurred during the year from Irpef. The maximum value of the bonus is 550 euros, which therefore represents the maximum expense limit. The minimum, however, is 129.11 euros for medicinal expenses. In this way, Families have a pet will have financial support available And, at the same time, with a reduced impact on expenses they will be disincentive to abandonment. In order to submit a request for deduction, payments must be traceable, by means of credit or debt cards, prepaid card, bank or circular check, bank transfers with bank or postal payment.

The covered expenses

Among the deductible expenses there are all those of medical origin, therefore specialist visits to which pets, surgical interventions are subjected, Laboratory exams, hospitalization, reimbursement of prescribed veterinary drugs. On the other hand, all the other costs that have to do with the care of the animal and also the medical ones of which you are unable to provide the prescription remain outside. Certified animals for agricultural or commercial use are not included in the bonus.

The beneficiaries

Who is the responsibility of? There are some requirements in which the audience of beneficiaries must be included. Here are what are:
– be resident in Italy;
– have a family Isee not exceeding 16,215 euros;
– possess a pet recorded at the registry of animals of affection, Whether it is dog, cat, hamster, ferret, small rodent. Animals intended for breeding, reproduction, food consumption or illegal activities are excluded.

The registry of animals of affection

The registry of the animals of affection is a database managed by the regions that records the animals of affection, essential to guarantee the traceability of animals and thus prevent stray and, from now, also to be able to apply for the 2025 pet bonus. If the service passes through ASL (local health companies), the cost is 3.50 euros for each member, otherwise in private structures the price is established by the professional. To register, it is necessary to go to the entities operating in the regional territory with the animal and with an identity document and tax code.