ITALY INTRODUCES MANDATORY E-INVOICING FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR

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Are You Ready for the New Italian E-invoicing Mandate?

E-invoicing has been mandatory for all suppliers to public entities (B2G E-invoicing) since June 2014, and since January 2017, e-Invoicing has been optional for B2B transactions by means of the Italian e-invoicing platform Sistema di Interscambio (SDI).

Italy now introduces mandatory e-invoicing for all B2B- og B2C transaktions. This means that Danish companies that are sending invoices to Italian customers – private or public – from an Italian division must be able to send electronic invoices no later than January 1st 2019.

Document Management

As with the existing B2G e-invoices, suppliers are obliged to issue and send all B2B and B2C e-invoices via the SDI platform in the FatturaPA XML format.

One the SDI has approved the invoice, it is passed on to the recipient in the FatturaPA format, and the digitally signed PDF copy of the invoice is stored in a common archive.

Unlike B2G e-invoicing, it is not mandatory to sign B2B og B2C e-invoices digitally. However, to ensure authenticity and integrity, a digital signature is strongly recommended.

How Can TrueCommerce Help?

You must meet the following requirements in order to send an invoice in Italy:

Certified connection to the SDI portal

• Use of FatturaPA XML format
• The format must be validated to ensure that the invoice is not rejected
• All invoices must be stored in the E-archive – a common Italian archive
• TrueCommerce can help you meet all the above requirements. You only need to send your inhouse format – TrueCommerce will set up the rest.

You are welcome to contact us if you have any questions or if you would like to get started with e-invoices to your Italian customers.

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