- Introduction
As of 1 January 2026, the process for recording daily takings must be integrated with the electronic payment process: the POS terminal must be “paired” with the cash register/device used for the certification of receipts. - Parties Concerned
This requirement applies to all “obligated entities” that issue commercial documents through a telematic cash register or other solutions for the storage/transmission of daily takings, and that accept electronic payments (POS terminals, apps, or other hardware/software tools). In practical terms, this includes shops, cafés, restaurants, artisans, and similar businesses. - Method of POS–Cash Register Integration
No new cabling or physical modification is required: the connection is exclusively a “telemetric/administrative” one carried out through the Revenue Agency’s portal.
Operationally, the merchant (or the authorised intermediary) accesses the reserved area “Invoices and Takings” using SPID/CNS/CIE credentials or the Entratel/Fisconline system;
Within the dedicated procedure, the user selects the telematic cash register (or the software tool) already registered in the system; each electronic payment device (POS terminal, etc.) is then paired with the relevant cash register through its unique identifier; the user must also indicate the address of the business premises where the device is used.
If a Telematic Cash Register is not used and the Revenue Agency’s web procedure for reporting daily takings is adopted instead, the pairing is carried out directly within that web procedure.
Financial operators (banks and payment service providers) will already have communicated to the Revenue Agency the POS terminals registered under the taxpayer’s name, and the procedure will display to the merchant the list of devices that can be linked.
- Processing of Payment Data
At the time of each transaction, the cash register/device used for certification shall:
- store, in a detailed manner, the payment methods used and the corresponding amount;
- include such information on the commercial document.
Then, as already occurs for daily takings, the electronic payment data thus stored are transmitted daily in aggregated form, together with the daily takings data, in accordance with the technical specifications applicable to telematic cash registers and software solutions.
- Key Deadlines
5.1 Payment instruments already active as of January 2026
For POS terminals and other devices already in use on 1 January 2026, or used between 1 and 31 January 2026, the POS–cash register pairing must be completed within 45 days from the date on which the new online service becomes available in the reserved area (a date that will be announced by means of a notice on the Revenue Agency’s website).
Accordingly, once the Revenue Agency announces that the “service is active as of day X,” a 45-day period will begin from that date for registering the pairings of all POS devices already in operation.
5.2 New POS devices or changes occurring after January 2026
For POS devices with an acquiring agreement entered into after 31 January 2026, or where an existing pairing is modified, the registration of the pairing must be carried out starting from the 6th day of the second month following the date on which the POS device (or the change) becomes effectively available, and must be completed by the last working day of the same month (Saturday being considered a non-working day). Transactions performed up to the last day of that month are not deemed late.
- What You Must Do in Practice (Quick Checklist)
For a merchant/professional using both a Telematic Cash Register and a POS terminal:
- Keep track of all active POS devices and the related contracts.
- In March 2026, verify that the online service has been activated (the new functionalities will be made available in the early days of March 2026, with the exact date announced on the Agency’s website).
- Within 45 days from that date:
- access the “Invoices and Takings” portal;
- check the list of POS devices that can be associated;
- pair each POS with the corresponding cash register/device, indicating the relevant business premises.
- For new POS devices activated thereafter:
- record the date on which the POS becomes “effectively available”;
- schedule the registration of the pairing within the time window running from the 6th day of the second month following such date up to the last working day of that same month.
Kind regards,
20 November 2025 Lawyer Dr. Angelo Pisciotta