Receipts - Conto alla Romana (Split Bill) in DISH POS 🇮🇹
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In this article, you will learn how to use Conto alla Romana in DISH POS.
Conto alla Romana allows you to split a restaurant bill evenly between multiple guests. Instead of receiving one receipt, each guest receives their own official Documento Commerciale for expense reimbursement purposes.
Each reimbursement receipt contains the guest's share of the original order while ensuring that the total amount, VAT, and payments remain consistent with the original transaction.
Before You Start
Before using Conto alla Romana, keep the following in mind:
- The entire order must be be included in the split.
- If only part of the order should be split, first move those items to a separate order.
- Reimbursement receipts are generated only after the full order has been paid.
- All reimbursement receipts are created and fiscalized together.
- Guests can use different payment methods.
- Fiscal Lottery is not supported.
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How to Split a Bill
1. Open the table
Open the table and register your guests as usual.
2. Add the ordered items
Enter all items ordered by the guests.
The order remains as a single order until the reimbursement receipts are generated.
3. Configure Conto alla Romana
Select Conto alla Romana.
Choose:
- Number of reimbursement receipts
- Optional description (for example Lunch, Dinner, or Business Meal)
4. Collect the payment
Collect payment from all guests.
Different payment methods can be used.
The total payment must cover the complete order.
5. Complete the transaction
After the order has been fully paid, DISH POS automatically:
- Creates the reimbursement receipts
- Calculates VAT for each reimbursement receipt
- Fiscalizes the receipts
- Prints the receipts
- Closes the original order
No additional action is required.
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How Reimbursement Receipts Are Calculated
The updated Conto alla Romana logic ensures that reimbursement receipts remain fiscally compliant while accurately reflecting the original order.
Proportional allocation
Each reimbursement receipt receives its proportional share of:
- Sales value
- Payments
- Tips
Smart rounding
To ensure the totals always match the original order:
- Any rounding difference is applied to the final reimbursement receipt.
- This guarantees that all reimbursement receipts together exactly equal the original order.
Independent VAT calculation
Each reimbursement receipt calculates its own VAT based on its allocated amount.
This improves fiscal accuracy and avoids VAT discrepancies caused by rounding.
Tip allocation
Tips remain linked to their original payment method (for example, cash or card) and are allocated accordingly.
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What Appears on a Reimbursement Receipt
Each reimbursement receipt includes:
- VAT totals
- Payment amount
- Tip amount
- Unique fiscal document reference
The reimbursement receipt does not include:
- Customer name
- Discounts
- Original itemized products
The reimbursement receipt is intended to allocate amounts from the original order rather than reproduce the original receipt.
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Good to know: Payment Method Differences
While the combined reimbursement receipts always match the original order total, you may notice small differences of a few cents when comparing individual payment methods (such as cash or card totals) across all reimbursement receipts.
This is expected behaviour. The system prioritizes fiscal accuracy and ensures that the overall transaction reconciles exactly.
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Currency Conversion
Currency conversion is not recalculated during reimbursement splitting.
If currency conversion was required, it already took place when the payment was completed.
Since creating reimbursement receipts is not considered a new payment transaction, no additional currency conversion is performed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I split only part of an order?
No.
If only some items should be split, first move those items to a separate order, then apply Conto alla Romana to that order.
Can guests pay using different payment methods?
Yes.
Different payment methods are supported as long as the total payment covers the full order amount.
Why don't reimbursement receipts contain the ordered items?
Reimbursement receipts are designed to allocate the paid amounts from the original order for reimbursement purposes. They are not intended to reproduce the original itemized receipt.
Why do payment method totals sometimes differ by a few cents?
Small cent-level differences between payment methods can occur because of rounding during the allocation process.
This is expected behaviour. The overall transaction, VAT, and total payments always reconcile correctly.
Is Fiscal Lottery supported?
No.
Fiscal Lottery is not available when using Conto alla Romana.