This article explains the Conto alla Romana feature in DISH POS and how it works. It provides an overview of the functionality and describes how to use it to generate fiscal, non-itemised receipts for partial payments in compliance with Italian regulations.

What is Conto alla Romana?

Conto alla Romana is a POS feature that allows the generation of multiple fiscal receipts for partial payments of the same bill without itemising products. Instead of listing food and drinks, each receipt shows a custom description, the amount paid, and VAT values calculated proportionally from the original bill. The feature enables restaurants in Italy to handle shared payments in a fiscally compliant way while keeping receipts simple and suitable for reimbursement purposes.

How Conto alla Romana works in the POS

Conto alla Romana is handled directly within the order and payment flow in DISH POS. Once the order is created, the waiter applies the Conto alla Romana flow during payment to generate multiple fiscal receipts for the same bill without itemising products.

1. The order is created as usual with all food and drinks added

2. During payment, Conto alla Romana is applied to the order

3. The waiter defines how many separate receipts are required
4. A custom description is entered, which will appear on each receipt

5. Payments are processed automatically based on the calculated amount per person, without splitting individual items.

5. This screen shows the total amount, the number of people, and the amount per person.
6. If there is a rounding difference (for example €0,01), it is automatically assigned to the first payment.
7. During payment, the system automatically pre-fills the amount to be paid per person. The amount for the first guest automatically includes any rounding differences (for example €0,01).

5. For example: €20,33 + €0,01 (remainder) = €20,34 for the first payment.
6. After the first payment, the amount is automatically updated for the remaining guests (€20,33).
7. You can use the “+” icon to increase the number of people to pay for in a single transaction.
8. For each partial payment, a fiscal receipt is generated
9. Each receipt shows only the custom description, the paid amount, and VAT values calculated proportionally from the original bill
10. No individual products or items are printed on the receipts

If the waiter goes back from the payment screen, the Conto alla Romana flow is cancelled and must be applied again before completing payment.