2019 electronic invoice, 1.3 million receipts in Bologna – Chronicle

Bologna, January 26, 2019 – The storm has pbaded. Or rather, the waters have subsided a little, almost a month after the introduction of the electronic invoicing. That the renowned "commercial revolution" is already well integrated into the daily life of companies and freelancers? Everything to see. They exist in areas of the Apennines that do not have an Internet connection. However, at the same time, data on the beginning of the electronic bill, according toRevenue Agency they are comforting. More than one million and 300,000 copies issued in the province of Bologna alone by more than 22,000 operators. Figures compared to regional figures (3 million and one hundred thousand for 90,000 VAT) indicate that under the Two Towers, almost half of Emilia Romagna is invoiced. In the first month, over a million and a half people in Italy said goodbye forever to paper and pen "except in the case of exemption – the agency continues – issuing the electronic invoice in using only the XML format and transmission to Sdi are essential.

Otherwise, it is considered as not issued, determining the applicability of the penalties to the supplier, from 90% to 180% of the tax not duly documented with a minimum of 500 euros, and l 39; impossibility for the customer to deduct VAT. In case of delay Instead, the legislator has considered the withdrawal or, in any event, the mitigation of the sanctions regime for the first phase of start-up, until June 30 for the "quarterly" and up to September 30 for "monthly taxpayers". "While technological concerns are increasing, especially for Apennine companies without an Internet connection, the Agency recalls that it is" possible to use free software ". ", even without an Internet connection. The sending of the generated file may take place later from another location connected to the network. Another solution is to issue and transmit the electronic invoice to a third party ".

This is where accountants and professional badociations come in. "Cna, for example – explains Marco Mazzanti, director of CNA Servizi Bologna – offers its members a wide range of services allowing them to choose to entrust to Cna the entire electronic billing cycle, from creation to sending, through reception and storage " . Matteo Martignani, head of Confartigianato Bologna Metropolitan's tax department: "We are 100% efficient thanks to an interforce working group active in the region, and those who are not connected to the Internet, for example, can delegate invoices to the consultant. dedicated on behalf of third parties ". "The real test will take place next week -" he commented Alessandro Bonazzi, president of the order of local accountants -. At the time, we had asked for a progressive application of the law, but it was not possible for a question of income. We hope that the advent of e-invoicing will bring benefits in terms of speed and control. "