When does the August 2026 NASpI arrive? The monthly salary accrued in July is expected during the month, but this year the calendar complicates reading: August 9th falls on a Sunday and August 15th, August 15th, falls on a Saturday, so the central window of the month loses two days. Here’s what to really expect, how to check your date and the two wrong pieces of news that are circulating about the amounts.
When the August 2026 NASpI arrives
The August 2026 NASpI payment concerns the monthly salary accrued in July: the unemployment benefit is in fact paid on a deferred monthly basis. INPS does not publish a national NASpI calendar, unlike what happens for pensions or for the Single Allowance: therefore there is no valid date for everyone, and each credit follows the individual payment order.
Based on the ordinary timing, for those who already regularly receive the benefit, the credit is expected during the first half of the month. In August 2026, however, it is worth keeping in mind how the calendar is made:
- the first useful week runs from Monday 3 to Friday 7 August;
- Sunday 9th and Saturday 15th August are not bankable days, and the 15th is August 15th: those who expect the credit “around the 15th”, as happens in many months, this year will find two non-working days;
- in the central week the useful days are therefore those from Monday 10th to Friday 14th August;
- accreditations remain possible even after the August bank holiday weekend, from Monday 17 August onwards.
They are indications based on ordinary timing and not an official calendar: unless otherwise indicated by the Institute, the effective date remains that of the individual provision.
For recently submitted applications there is no standard monthly window: the first payment follows the conclusion of the investigation and includes the sums accrued since the start of the service. Based on the usual trend, it generally arrives in the second half of the month, but it is the most variable data of all.
Because two people receive NASpI on different days
It is the question that is repeated every month, and a wrong answer is circulating: that the day depends on the “competent territorial office”, as if there were faster provinces and slower provinces. A NASpI calendar differentiated by headquarters or province does not exist, and no Institute document provides for one. For ordinary accreditations, three elements make the difference, all linked to the single position:
- the starting date of the benefit, i.e. from when the allowance was recognized;
- the date of submission of the application;
- the processing status of the file, including any ongoing checks (job communications via the NASpI-Com form, income from self-employment, obligations at the Employment Centre).
The case is different for the first liquidations and practices subjected to control, where the investigation times can naturally have an impact. But for those who have already been paying for months, the date does not depend on the city where you live.
How to check the exact date of your credit
The only certain data is that of one’s personal position. It is checked like this:
- INPS portal, MyINPS reserved area (access with SPID, CIE or CNS), Citizen’s social security file → «Services > Payments» section, where the provision appears with the value date;
- the «Payment status» service, which indicates whether the sum has been paid;
- INPS Mobile app;
- INPS Contact Center: 803 164 from landline (free) and 06 164 164 from mobile phone;
- the patronages, which offer free assistance on checks and questions.
The order often appears a few days before the actual crediting, but the update times are not uniform: the absence of the data does not mean that the payment has not been arranged.
Amounts 2026: ceiling and calculation
The amounts are those set by INPS circular no. 4 of 28 January 2026, updated to the annual revaluation:
- gross monthly maximum: 1,584.70 euros;
- reference average monthly salary: 1,456.72 euros.
The allowance is equal to 75% of the average monthly salary for the last four years. If the salary exceeds the reference threshold, 25% of the difference between the average salary and the threshold itself is added to the amount, always within the ceiling. The amounts indicated are gross: the NASpI is a taxable IRPEF benefit and the sum actually credited is net of withholdings.
The 3% cut and the exemption for the over 55s which has not been abolished
The amount of NASpI does not remain constant. The so-called décalage is foreseen, a reduction of 3% per month calculated on the amount of the previous month, which starts from the first day of the sixth month of use, i.e. from the 151st day of benefit. Anyone who collects their seventh or eighth month’s salary in August will therefore find a lower credit than the initial one: it is not an error or an extraordinary cut.
The exemption for more mature workers remains in force: for those who were 55 years of age on the date of submission of the application, the reduction starts from the first day of the eighth month, i.e. from the 211th day, with two more full months’ payments.
On this point, a misunderstanding that is circulating online should be noted: several sites claim that the 2026 Budget Law would have abolished the exemption, standardizing the decalage to the sixth month for everyone. The news is not confirmed: none of the sources reporting it indicate the law that would have ordered it, and associations, CAFs and employment consultants continue to confirm the starting date from the eighth month for those over 55. For your case, the reference remains the application consultation service on the INPS portal, which reports the monthly amount, duration and data used for the calculation.
NASpI advanced: from 2026 it will be collected in two installments
It is the most important news of the year and concerns those who use the residual allowance to start their own business. Until 2025 the advance NASpI – the incentive to self-entrepreneurship for those who start an independent business, an individual company or subscribe to a share of the capital of a cooperative – was paid in a single payment. Article 1, paragraph 176, of law no. 199/2025 modified article 8 of legislative decree no. 22/2015 and INPS provided the operating instructions with message no. 1215 of 7 April 2026. The disbursement now takes place in two instalments:
- a first installment equal to 70% of the total amount, paid during the settlement of the advance application;
- a second installment equal to the remaining 30%, recognized at the end of the theoretical duration of the NASpI and in any case no later than six months from the submission of the application.
The balance is not automatic: before disbursing it, the Institute verifies that the applicant has not established an employment relationship and has not become the recipient of a direct pension, with the exceptions provided for in the message, including the employment relationship with the cooperative for which the share was subscribed. This is the step you need to know before submitting the application: when the condition occurs, in addition to the loss of the remaining 30%, the advance already received is repaid. The new procedures apply to applications submitted from 1 January 2026.
Unjustified absences: when you lose the right to compensation
It is the rule that carries the most weight among those that have recently come into force, and concerns those who stop showing up for work without formalizing their resignation. Article 19 of law no. 203 of 13 December 2024, the so-called Work Link, inserted paragraph 7-bis in article 26 of legislative decree no. 151/2015: in the event of unjustified absence lasting beyond the deadline set by the applied CCNL or, in the absence of a contractual provision, exceeding 15 days, the employer communicates it to the territorial headquarters of the National Labor Inspectorate, which can verify its veracity. The relationship is then considered terminated by the worker’s will, unless he demonstrates the impossibility of communicating the reasons for the absence due to force majeure or a fact attributable to the employer.
The effect on unemployment benefits is clear, and the INPS clarified this with circular no. 154 of 22 December 2025: the termination is recorded in the mandatory communications with the code «FC», resignation for conclusive facts, and the NASpI is not due, because the loss of job is not considered involuntary.
Two useful clarifications. The resolution is not automatic: it occurs only if the employer decides to activate the communication procedure to the Inspectorate, while the alternative route of disciplinary dismissal remains possible. And whoever receives the termination notice should check the code with which the relationship was closed: it is that data that determines access to the allowance or not.
The restriction of 13 weeks after resignation
Then there is a rule regarding those who have resigned in the past. If the worker has voluntarily resigned – or has consensually terminated a permanent relationship – in the 12 months preceding a subsequent involuntary termination, the right to the allowance is recognized only if he has accrued at least 13 weeks of contributions between the two events.
The constraint, provided for by letter c-bis of article 3 of legislative decree no. 22/2015, does not apply in some cases: among others, resignations for just cause and those submitted by the working mother or working father during the protected period, i.e. up to the first year of the child’s life, are excluded.
Requirements, application and duration
NASpI is available to employees who have involuntarily lost their jobs, including:
- those dismissed, including for disciplinary reasons;
- workers with expired fixed-term contracts;
- those who resign for just cause (for example non-payment of salary, harassment, worsening changes in duties, mobbing);
- parents who resign during the protected period of maternity or paternity.
The application must be submitted within 68 days of termination of the relationship, exclusively online from the INPS portal or via patronage. The duration is equal to half the weeks of contributions of the last four years, up to a maximum of 24 months.
NASpI and 730 reimbursement: what has changed in recent months
One last useful warning in August. Since the NASpI is a taxable IRPEF benefit, the INPS can act as a withholding tax on the adjustments of the 730/2026 form, with a refund if the return closes with a credit or a withholding if it closes with a debit. For this to happen, however, three conditions are needed: that the Institute has been indicated as a substitute in the declaration, that in 2026 the replacement relationship is still in place and that a taxable benefit is being paid. The month in which the operation appears depends on the receipt and matching of the 730-4 statement: the status of the case is verified in the «Tax assistance (730/4): citizen services» service.
The dates indicated are estimates based on ordinary timing and may vary based on the processing of individual practices and the technical times of credit institutions and Poste Italiane.