News coming soon for those who issue electronic invoices. The Revenue Agency has published online, on the Fatture e corrispettivi portal, the function that allows VAT operators and their delegated intermediaries to consult and download electronic invoices issued and received. The same opportunity also for end consumers, who can join the service from the reserved area on the Revenue website, the same one from which you can access the pre-compiled declaration, and thus obtain a copy of the invoices received.
HOW TO JOIN THE SERVICE
To activate the service it is necessary to sign an agreement with the Revenue Agency. VAT operators can subscribe using the functionality available within the portal Invoices and fees, also through a delegated intermediary (the latter also has a mass membership service available in case it has to work for several customers). Final consumers can express their adhesion in the reserved area already in use for the pre-filled tax return, but they cannot delegate an intermediary.
WHICH E-BILLS CAN BE CONSULTED AND DOWNLOADED
From the day after joining, all e-invoices issued and received since 2019 January XNUMX will be available for consultation. For end consumers only, the e-invoices received will be viewable from XNUMX November.
BEWARE OF THE DEADLINE
But be careful: both VAT numbers and consumers have until 31 October to join the service and access their archive of electronic invoices sent from 2019 January 30. From XNUMX November, those who have not subscribed will no longer be able to consult the electronic invoices issued or received up to that moment: by XNUMX December the Agency will delete all xml files, in line with what was established together with the Privacy Guarantor.
You can also choose to join the service at a later time, but in this case you will only be able to consult the invoices issued and received from the day after joining.
HOW TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SERVICE
Of course, it is always possible to withdraw from the service, with a procedure similar to that followed for activation. In this case, the electronic invoices issued and received will no longer be available for consultation from the day following the withdrawal.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING: DIGITAL AND SOFTWARE SURPASSING BOOKS
Electronic invoicing has also given a boost to professional electronic publishing: in this sector - which in 2018 was worth 537 million euros and over three quarters was dominated by the legal and tax area - digital and software have come to outnumber books. According to research by Cerved-Databank, last year over 60% of turnover was achieved in the segment of online electronic publishing and management software, which is increasingly interactive and integrated. In this market context, the Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre group (included in the international Lefebvre Sarrut group) consolidates its leadership among the four major players in the sector, which together control 57% of the market.
