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CMS Configuration and Setup - Italy
Configure fiscalization requirements for Italy in Point of Sale (POS) CMS and change the logo, department number, and X and Z report settings.
Store Settings
Point of Sale CMS groups fiscalization settings in one place. The navigation path you use depends on whether you’re setting up fiscalization for the first time.
- For new merchants, go to and create a configuration. If you can’t create a configuration, switch to a merchant region that supports fiscalization. For example, a U.S. merchant region that doesn’t support fiscalization won’t allow you to create one.
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For legacy merchants, go to
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Expand All and enable/configure these settings:
Enabling FiscalizationTax Identifier (merchant tax ID).
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Expand All and enable/configure these settings:
Logo Settings
The POS app allows the printing of a logo at the bottom of a receipt. This logo must be in BMP format and be 526x278.
- In CMS, go to
- Expand Italy and add the URL to the Italy Logo URL.
Department Number Settings
The POS app allows the VAT rate to be set for products by updating the Department Number sent to the fiscal printer. By default, the printer uses Department Number 1 for all products. Each department number belongs to a different VAT rate on the printer.
To retrieve the Department's details on the printer:
- Begin when is displayed on the printer's screen.
- Enter .
- Press .
- Enter .
- Press .
This sequence will generate a printout that lists the departments and their
corresponding VAT indices. An example of this department table print receipt is provided next,
with the VAT index highlighted in red: 
Retrieve VAT indicies
The key sequence can be used to get the VAT index details on the printer:
- Begin when the printer's screen displays .
- Enter .
- Press .
- Enter .
- Press .
This sequence will generate a printout listing the VAT indices and their corresponding values.
Update Department Number
- In CMS, go to .
- Expand Italy and update the Default Department Number field for normal products.
- For gift cards, the app uses the VAT Free Department Number field as gift card purchases shouldn't have VAT applied to the transactions.
X & Z Reports
- POS app allows printing X and Z reports. Z reports are buffered into the printer and then reported to the tax authority.
- The X report is a midshift snapshot of the sales, returns, voids, discards, and other register activity that occurred on the register from the beginning of a register shift until the present moment.
- The Z report is a summary of the sales, returns, voids, discards, and other register activities that happened during a register shift, from open to close.
- CMS allows setting deep links for fiscal X and Z reports in layouts and hamburger menus.
