Free Invoice Generator (Italy)
Draft an Italian fattura with 22% IVA in euros, add your Partita IVA and Codice Fiscale, and download it as a PDF.
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INVOICE
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Client name
| Description | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item description | 1 | — | €0.00 |
- Subtotal
- €0.00
- IVA (22%)
- €0.00
- Total
- €0.00
The SdI, the fattura elettronica, and what this tool actually makes
Start with the awkward part. In Italy the fattura elettronica is not optional: invoices to businesses and to consumers have to be issued as a FatturaPA XML file and passed through the Sistema di Interscambio, and since 1 January 2024 that includes every forfettario without exception. This generator makes a PDF — a clean, readable one — but it does not build the XML and it cannot transmit anything to the SdI. Nothing it produces is a fiscally valid fattura. Use it for a preventivo, a proforma, a copia di cortesia or an internal draft you hand to your commercialista, then let certified software issue the fiscal document.
With that settled, the rest is straightforward. Put your Partita IVA and, where it differs, your Codice Fiscale on their own lines under your business name in the address block — there is no dedicated field — and do the same with the client's identifier under their name. The tax preset is IVA at 22%, calculated on the subtotal after any discount; switch it to 10%, 5% or 4% when what you supply falls in a reduced band. Only one tax line is calculated, so a job mixing 22% and 10% belongs on two documents.
The notes field carries everything else an Italian document needs: the codice destinatario or PEC address the fattura will eventually be sent to, the payment terms and IBAN, the ritenuta d'acconto if you are a professional whose client withholds it, and the €2 marca da bollo on documents issued without IVA above €77.47. Numbering runs as one unbroken series per calendar year — 112/2026, then 113/2026. Because your draft numbers and your certified software's numbers can drift apart, label the PDF as a draft so nobody files it as the real thing. Tax rules change; check anything tax-shaped with a commercialista.
Quoting a restaurant fit-out in Bologna, piece by piece
Falegnameria Ruggeri prices a small osteria's dining-room fit-out the way a joinery normally does — by the piece for anything repeated, by the linear metre for anything built to fit the wall, and as a single body for the one-off. Nine identical oak tables carry a per-table price that reflects a batch rather than a one-off commission, the upholstered wall bench is measured and charged per metre, and the ash bar counter is one made-to-measure item. Delivery, assembly on site and levelling go on as a single day-rate line for two fitters, and IVA runs at the standard 22%.
| Description | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavoli in rovere massello 140×80 cm su misura — al pezzo | 9 | €740.00 | €6,660.00 |
| Panca a muro imbottita con rivestimento in tessuto — al metro lineare | 7.5 | €420.00 | €3,150.00 |
| Bancone bar in frassino con alzata — corpo unico su misura | 1 | €3,900.00 | €3,900.00 |
| Trasporto, montaggio in loco e regolazione — 2 operai, 1 giornata | 1 | €560.00 | €560.00 |
| Subtotal | €14,270.00 | ||
| IVA 22% | €3,139.40 | ||
| Total due | €17,409.40 | ||
Send this as a preventivo and keep the quantities exactly as the client approved them — whoever transmits the fattura copies these lines into the XML, and a quantity that quietly changed is the one that gets queried.
Before this draft becomes a fattura elettronica
Partita IVA under the name, not buried in the notes
Neither party's tax identifier has a field of its own, so 'P.IVA 01234567890' goes on a line under your business name in the address block and the client's under theirs — a document that names the parties but not their identifiers is incomplete.
Codice destinatario or PEC, collected early
The SdI needs a seven-character codice destinatario or a PEC address for the client, and the quoting stage is the cheapest moment to ask for it — write it into the notes so it travels with the draft.
One series per year, no gaps
Number in a single unbroken sequence per calendar year — 112/2026, 113/2026 — and never reuse a number after cancelling: the correction is a nota di credito, not a rewritten invoice.
Ritenuta d'acconto and the marca da bollo
Both live in the notes because the form has no withholding line: the withholding rate with the net amount payable, and the €2 bollo on documents issued without IVA above €77.47 — ask your commercialista which applies to you.
Say on the page that it is a draft
The fiscal invoice is the XML your certified software transmits through the SdI, so mark this PDF as a preventivo, proforma or copia di cortesia and the client's bookkeeper will not post it twice.
How to create an invoice online
- 1
Fill in the details
Add your business info, your client, line items, tax, and an optional logo or discount.
- 2
Watch the live preview
The invoice updates as you type, so you always see exactly what your client will receive.
- 3
Download the PDF
One click generates a clean, professional PDF invoice — free and without a watermark.
A simple invoice maker for freelancers and small businesses
Everything you need to bill a client properly — and nothing you don't. Create an invoice, check the live preview, download the PDF, get paid.
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Private by design
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Logo, tax & discounts
Add your logo, any tax label and rate (VAT, GST, sales tax), and percentage or fixed discounts.
Saves as you type
Your draft is stored locally in your browser, so an accidental tab close loses nothing.
20 currencies
Invoice in USD, EUR, GBP, INR, JPY and more, with correct rounding for each currency.
Frequently asked questions
Can this send my fattura through the Sistema di Interscambio?
No. It produces a PDF, not the FatturaPA XML the SdI accepts, and it has no connection to any exchange system or intermediary. A PDF that never passed through the SdI is not a valid fattura in Italy, so use this for preventivi, proforma documents and drafts, and issue the fiscal fattura from certified software or through your commercialista.
Where do the Partita IVA and Codice Fiscale go?
On their own lines under your business name in the address block — 'P.IVA 01234567890' and, when it differs, 'C.F. RSSMRA80A01A944K'. Put the client's identifier under their name the same way, since neither has a dedicated field.
What about the codice destinatario or the client's PEC?
Type it into the notes — 'Codice destinatario ABC1234' or the PEC address. It does nothing on this PDF, but it is exactly the detail whoever transmits the fattura will need, and collecting it at quoting time saves a round of emails later.
How do I show a ritenuta d'acconto?
In the notes, not as a line item — there is no withholding field and no negative line. State the rate and the amount, such as 'Ritenuta d'acconto 20%: -€X', together with the net figure the client will actually transfer, and confirm the treatment with your commercialista.