Italian fiscal code card
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The Italian fiscal code card, officially known as Italy's Codice Fiscale, is the tax code card in Italy; similar to a Social Security Number (SSN) card in the United States. The tax code in Italy is an alphanumeric code of 16 characters. The card serves to identify, unambiguously for tax purposes, individuals resident in Italy.
Each person in the past was handed a plastic card with a magnetic strip, bearing the tax code as well as the surname, given name, sex, place of birth, county of birth, date of birth and year of issue. Today, the tax or fiscal code card has been replaced by the Italian health insurance card.
[edit] Privacy
The tax code of a citizen reveals the date of birth and the town of birth. This information is not strictly necessary for tax purposes, however, a citizen is forced to reveal the information.
