PagoPA is not a company, it…
Submitted by modicasa on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 00:53PagoPA is not a company, it is the national system for paying public administrations. It is entirely designed, unsurprisingly, for Italian users, and will require a 'domiciliato' credit card for payments. If the comune is sending you the water bill, its a safe bet it will wait till you next go into a tabacchi in Italy.
Thank you, great clues into…
Submitted by r.bisaccia on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 08:42In reply to PagoPA is not a company, it… by modicasa
R.Bisaccia, open the…
Submitted by Ugo on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 11:41In reply to Thank you, great clues into… by r.bisaccia
R.Bisaccia,
open the document where you are asked to pay, surely, in some part of the sheet, you will find the name and email address, or the website - write to them and ask for the IBAN code, then pay with a normal bank transfer - I I always do it without any problems -
Thank you so much for your…
Submitted by r.bisaccia on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 19:07In reply to R.Bisaccia, open the… by Ugo
Thank you so much for your suggestion. I did communicate with PagoPa who suggested I contact the credit entity they use. The trouble is, in filling out the form I was unable to complete it at the part which required a phone number. I tried writing that in all kinds of ways using both my U.S. and my Italian telephones. Indeed, I pay for TARI and IVU taxes with bank transfers(wire transfers) and I pay for gas and electric bills with a credit card. But this thing is a whole other story.
use ONLY italian phone…
Submitted by Ugo on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 19:40In reply to Thank you so much for your… by r.bisaccia
As it turns out all your…
Submitted by r.bisaccia on Thu, 11/02/2023 - 19:43In reply to PagoPA is not a company, it… by modicasa
As it turns out all your info was great. I finally reached the right person at the Comune who saw that I wouldn't be able to pay with a credit card and so let me know I could pay with a wire transfer to them in the same way I pay TARI and IMU. I very much appreciate your tidbits of information which helped me figure it out.
I appreciate you weighing in…
Submitted by r.bisaccia on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 08:40I appreciate you weighing in on that detail--because certainly, they mailed me the bill to my address in the USA. However, I also used my Italian phone number and that did not go through on the form and stopped me cold. Any advice on that? Maybe the way I entered it--formatting for phone numbers is always a problem. Thank you again.
""Maybe the way I entered it…
Submitted by alan h on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 12:25I believe I tried it in…
Submitted by r.bisaccia on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 14:27There might be an IBAN code…
Submitted by Tony114 on Thu, 11/02/2023 - 14:56There might be an IBAN code on the bill together with your customer reference. Might it be worth having an Italian bank account so you can setup direct debits as well as topping it up with spending money when visiting italy? I accept that an account is not cheap but I am guessing that paying by credit card has its own costs. Some people recommend FINECO bank.
More great info, thank you…
Submitted by r.bisaccia on Thu, 11/02/2023 - 19:40More great info, thank you. As it turns out the Comune got back to me and as good sense would dictate, I'm free to use the same IBAN number and account as I use for paying other taxes to the Comune. As it should be in a perfect world, and so it is. I gave up on the bank account thing because I'm not a resident and don't have a Carta d'Identita, and therefore any bank I could find where I live part of the year doesn't offer this. So far with everything, either a credit card from the U.S. or a wire transfer has worked just fine. As I've discovered Italian citizen or not, everything revolves around the identity card. Again, I really appreciate your input.