IRS, five billion data for new concordat proposals
Sogei's CEO Cristiano Cannarsa: 34 databases used for the pact of VAT numbers with the tax authorities. With an AI laboratory new solutions from anti-counterfeiting to administrative simplifications
by Giovanni Parente and Gianni Trovati
Five billion data to build the new two-year composition proposals. Over 1.3 billion pieces of information to prepare the 2026 pre-filed declarations. Just under 28 billion transactions monitored in the control of games. Cyclopean are the numbers written on the identity card of Sogei, the technology company of the Ministry of the Economy that yesterday celebrated its 50th birthday. And which is now building its strategies for the future on the technological leap forward, according to CEO Cristiano Cannarsa.
Sogei's name is first and foremost associated with the IRS, so let's start here. What are the key projects underway?
Sogei manages complex systems. Today it is the main digital platform for the financial administration, the Guardia di Finanza and tax agencies. In 2025, through its services for the Revenue Agency, the interchange system ensured an automated flow of around 2.4 billion electronic invoices. For the two-year pre-filing agreement, more than 5 billion data were processed, collected and analysed on 34 databases. For the pre-filled declaration, 1.3 billion data were processed. But that's not all, because at yesterday's event in the Chamber, the importance of linking Pos and telematic registers was recalled. The database of tax rulings and the simplified consultation represent a technological evolution in the relationship between tax authorities and taxpayers.
But the IRS is also Customs and Monopolies. What is new in this area?
Mention should be made of transnational mechanisms such as the customs system, which in 2025 enabled the acquisition of some 137 million import-export customs declarations from economic operators. But also the systems for the governance and control of public regulated gaming, which, for physical and online gaming, recorded about 27.9 billion transactions annually.


