Terms of use.

Startiva, run by Wessel Spuij, trading as Hinterland Digital Services, is a directory that matches people moving to Italy with accountants registered with the Albo dei Dottori Commercialisti. We are not an accounting firm and we do not give tax, legal or financial advice. Any engagement is a contract between you and the studio you choose.

• Using Startiva is free. We never charge you, and studios never pay us for your contact.
• How your three matches are chosen is explained in How ranking works.
• Reviews must describe your own experience with the studio. We may remove reviews that are not genuine.

Joining is by request. We verify your Albo registration and professional insurance and may hold a short interview. We can accept or decline a request at our discretion, and we tell you why when we decline.

Members agree to the network commitments:

• Reply to every brief within the time you state on your profile, 48 hours at most.
• Publish an honest annual fee range, and keep it up to date.
• Work with clients in English (or the other languages you list).
• Keep your registration with the Albo dei Dottori Commercialisti in good standing.
• Never offer or pay commissions for clients, Startiva included.

We may pause or remove a studio that breaks these commitments, after telling the studio and giving it a chance to respond, unless the breach is serious.

• Network · monthly: €29 per month. Network · yearly: €290 per year. Prices exclude VAT where it applies.
• Founding members are listed free for their first six months, then choose a paid plan to stay listed.
• Being Sponsored in your city costs €49 per month, paid upfront for 1 to 3 months. It does not renew by itself, and at most 3 studios per city can be Sponsored at the same time. When all 3 are taken, a new purchase starts on the first day a spot frees up, and we tell you that date before and after you pay.
• Payments are processed by Stripe. Plans renew automatically until cancelled. You can cancel at any time from your studio panel; the listing stays active until the end of the period already paid, with no refund for the remaining time.
• The fee is flat. It never depends on the number of clients, contacts or briefs you receive.

We check studios carefully but cannot guarantee the outcome of any engagement. To the extent the law allows, our liability is limited to the fees the studio paid us in the last 12 months. Nothing here limits rights you have as a consumer under Italian law.

These terms are governed by Italian law. Questions: wessel@start-iva.com. How we handle personal data is described in the privacy notice.