Fiscal software certification: An Italian experience of certification against the fiscal legislation

This paper describes an experience of software certification in the specific fiscal software domain. The Italian Fiscal Software Certification scenario and the cash register, as specific kind of fiscal device running fiscal software, are outlined. Besides, some requirements, extracted from the current legislation, are shown. As the Italian legislation does not provide it, a Business Process Model (BPM) presenting the fiscal software certification process is illustrated. The BPM was built by means of a study of the current legislation and it constitutes the original contribution to the paper. Finally, the challenges of the further technological adjustments according to the Italian legislation are discussed.