Can you give me the receipt, please?
mi DA lo skon-TRI-no per fa-VO-re
Requesting a receipt at the supermarket checkout.
In Italy, shopkeepers are legally required to issue a fiscal receipt (scontrino fiscale) for every sale. Refusing to issue one is a tax offence. Conversely, the customer is legally required to keep the receipt until they are clear of the premises. The Guardia di Finanza occasionally checks outside shops.
Lo scontrino è già nella busta.
The receipt is already in the bag.
Cashier informing you the receipt has been bagged
Può ristampare lo scontrino?
Can you reprint the receipt?
Asking for a reprint if you lost it
Ho bisogno dello scontrino per il rimborso spese.
I need the receipt for expense reimbursement.
Explaining the purpose of needing a receipt
Italy's scontrino fiscale system was introduced in the 1980s to combat tax evasion. Every cash register is connected to the tax authority's database. The printed receipt includes the shop's VAT number and transaction code. Businesses face closure for repeated failure to issue receipts.