 Under this law Italian taxpayers are able to vote how to partition the 0.8% ('eight per thousand') of the total income tax IRPEF levied by Italy among some specific religious confessions or, alternatively, to a social assistance program run by the Italian State.This declaration is made on the IRPEF form.This vote is not compulsory; the whole amount levied by the IRPEF tax is distributed in proportion to explicit declarations.