Italy’s latest weapon against tax evasion is producing substantial results. During the first 6 months of 2026, the alignment of electronic payments with data from telematic cash registers was associated with approximately €9.1 billion in additional taxable sales compared with the same period in 2025. Businesses also issued an estimated 160 million more commercial receipts.
The system is based on a straightforward principle: when a customer pays electronically, the amount processed by the point-of-sale terminal can be compared with the sale recorded by the merchant’s telematic cash register. A major discrepancy between the 2 sets of data can indicate that electronic payments were accepted without the corresponding revenue being properly recorded.
