GOODBYE PAPER RECEIPTS! GO DIGITAL WITH LABWARE

From 2027, paper receipts will become the exception, as a transition to mandatory digital commercial documents is currently underway.

The traditional paper receipt that has accompanied us for years with every purchase is set to disappear in the near future. Resolution No. 7-00286 approved by the House Finance Committee on June 17, 2025 marks the beginning of a revolution that will profoundly transform the habit of printing, for the merchant, and receiving, for the customer, paper commercial documents.

2025-2029: this is the timeframe within which the parliamentary resolution aims to gradually phase out paper receipts.

The dates:

• Starting January 1, 2027: Large retailers will be the first to equip themselves with electronic recorders with systems for the digital generation and transmission of commercial documents. This choice aims to involve those with greater investment capacity and a high number of transactions.
• Starting January 1, 2028: the obligation will extend to other entities with a turnoverabove a certain threshold to be defined in the legislation.
• Starting January 1, 2029: All merchants, regardless of turnover, will have to comply with the new system. This date therefore represents the deadline for completing the digitization of receipts.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF DIGITIZING COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS?

Environment and sustainability

As is well known, the paper used for receipts is not recyclable. due to the chemical additives required for thermal printing. It is therefore impossible to dispose of thermal paper together with ordinary paper, which has a significant environmental impact given the huge quantity of receipts printed each year.

Switching to digital receipts means supporting the environment:

• Waste reduction: paper receipts are often thrown away immediately after purchase.
• Saving natural resources: the production of thermal paper involves enormous water consumption and, of course, the felling of millions of trees every year.

LABWARE'S COMMITMENT

Labware products have long been ready for this transition; all of our POS, ours handhelds, kiosk and the cloud services are already authorized to send digital receipts to customers without the need to register them, i.e., without having to request a phone number or email address.

By scanning a QR code or using NFC technology, the digital receipt will be immediately available on the customer's smartphone. This saves a lot of time, given the speed with which the commercial document is passed on to the customer, and money, which would otherwise be spent on purchasing thermal paper.