The tax drawer of the Revenue Agency collects all your electronic invoices, active and passive. But once downloaded they arrive as .p7m files and it is not clear how to read them. Here's how to download and open invoices from the tax drawer.
Download invoices from the tax drawer
After accessing the reserved area of the Revenue Agency (with SPID, CIE or CNS):
1. Enter the Invoices and Fees section.
2. Search for invoices by date or by supplier.
3. Download the files: you get them in .p7m (or `.xml.p7m`) format.
At this point you have the signed files, but to read them you need to extract the invoice.
Open downloaded invoices (.p7m)
With P7M Viewer:
1. Open the Open .p7m tool.
2. Upload the file downloaded from the tax drawer.
3. View the invoice or download the XML.
In a few seconds the signed invoice becomes readable, with all the taxable, VAT and total data.
Many invoices together
many invoices in bulk are often downloaded from the tax drawer. With the multiple opening of P7M Viewer you load them all together and get them extracted in a single ZIP archive: ideal at the end of the month or at the end of the quarter.
Tip: do it from your smartphone too
With the free P7M Viewer app for Android you can open downloaded invoices on the fly, convenient when checking documents outside the office.
Frequently asked questions
Why are tax drawer invoices .p7m? Because they are digitally signed to have legal value.
Does it cost anything to open them? No, opening a single file is free.
Can I convert them to PDF? Yes: open the invoice and use your browser's "Print → Save as PDF".
In summary
Download invoices from the tax drawer in .p7m format, then open them with P7M Viewer to read and archive them: fast, free and without installing programs.
