Digital cash register, electronic transmission of the fees of the Revenue Agency and transmission of the commercial document in digital format: in Italy the digital turning point arrives and aims at the gradual elimination of the paper receipts.
It is a program divided into three phases: the first will begin starting from 1st January 2027 and will concern the large -scale distribution; The second, a year later, will concern the other subjects with a business volume of a certain threshold and, finally, from 1st January 2029 All other operators will be involved.
As already happens in many structures, buyers will receive the electronic copy of the receipt via SMS or e-mail, but they will still maintain the Possibility to ask for the paper version.
Because he will say goodbye to the paper receipts
Because every day there are millions receipts that are printed on thermal paper, a non -recyclable and highly polluting material (and could be many more ), ending up directly in the undifferentiated.
For this reason, encouraging the adoption of digital systems to generate and transmit the receipt to the buyer could undoubtedly reduce the environmental impact, “without affecting tax obligations“, The signatory deputies are keen to clarify.
Meanwhile, the Budget Law 2024 has already introduced a preparatory measure: starting from 1 January 2026, the connection between POS and electronic recorders will be mandatory, in order to send the aggregate data of daily electronic payments to the Revenue Agency.
Since we will say goodbye to paper receipts
Finally, the transition to digital will not completely erase the physical receipt: the customer can in fact request it optionally, as already happens in other European countries.
