This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Please read our policies for more information.

10 Chartered Accountants

News

Italian e-invoicing requirements make Making Tax Digital look like a walk in the park
12 December 2018

While a series of false starts and changes of direction have made Making Tax Digital (MTD) seem more complicated than it might need to be, new e-invoicing requirements that come into effect in Italy from 1 January 2019 make it look like a walk in the park.

The Italian tax authorities will require VAT-registered businesses to issue electronic invoices converted into .XML format to other VAT-registered businesses. They will then need to sign the invoices digitally, before sending them through the Italian tax authority, Sistema di Interscambio’s ‘SdI’ interchange system.

Businesses will need to archive each invoice for 10 years.

The aim of the scheme is to promote the use of digital technologies amongst businesses and to tackle tax evasion and VAT fraud.

Other recent news

Mandatory payrolling of Benefits in Kind delayed by HMRC
25 June 2025

The delay to payrolling Benefits in Kind (BIK) to 2027…
Read more

Kittel VAT: How to control the uncontrollable
25 June 2025

Receiving a Kittel VAT notice is something that many businesses…
Read more

Increased borrowing could mean increased taxes, experts warn
25 June 2025

Public borrowing hit £20.5 billion in April, the highest level…
Read more

How to prepare for an unexpected economic recovery
25 June 2025

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded the UK’s 2025…
Read more

Identity crisis – Companies House begins to verify identities
25 June 2025

On 8 April 2025, Companies House introduced identity verification for…
Read more

»

Case Studies