Open an online business: here are all your obligations

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Davide Mastrangelo in Right

You started from selling on Instagram and now you've decided to open your online business? In the last few years, thanks to the pandemic, the birth of e-commerce has had a real boom.
Indeed, It is a choice that can be very profitable and successful.
Yet, The opening of an e-commerce also brings with it some necessary bureaucratic and tax obligations, that many people often don't know.
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What is the legislation to open an online activity?
Additional obligations for a food online activity
There are other obligations if I want to open an e-commerce?
There are news for e-commerce regulations?

1. What is the legislation to open an online activity?
When we talk about e-commerce we refer to a commercial activity that sells products or services via the internet e, then, provides for online transactions.
Well, It is an activity that can lead you to earn considerable figures, But you have to pay close attention to the legislation. Indeed, Many people are taken from the euphoria to launch an e-commerce that often do not consider some important obligations.
What are the steps to follow before starting an online activity?
You will have to:

Be of age
Open the VAT number
Subscribe to the Chamber of Commerce
Present the SCIA to your Municipality of reference, acronym that is a certified report of start of activity
Activate a pec

You can deal with all these obligations alone, or rely on a tax consultant, come Fiscozen. With them you will also have the opportunity to receive a free advice and without obligation to discover the answers to your doubts about the VAT number.
2. Additional obligations for a food online activity
It is good to underline that if you decide to start a food e-commerce you will have to have specific professional qualifications in order to practice the profession.
What are these requirements?

Having attended a course recognized for trade, the preparation and administration of food
Exercise the activity on its own for two years over the last five
Have a high school diploma or a degree in the field of commerce and preparation and administration of food

3. There are other obligations if I want to open an e-commerce?
In addition to the obligations we saw during the previous paragraphs, There are other obligations that you must necessarily comply with that they are provided for by the legislation.
These obligations go to regulate the relationship with the end customer.
Indeed, an e-commerce must expose:

The general conditions of sale, where the customer's rights and duties are put on white and online activities
La privacy policy, which is used to explain in the most clear way possible how personal data will be processed for users
Cookie policy, which explains which cookies are released from the site. This was introduced to respect the GDPR standards.

4. There are news for e-commerce regulations?
As the e-commerce number on the market increases, The rules that go to regulate this form of sale are also growing.
Well, According to European and Italian regulations, a new right has been introduced: The right to rethinking.
Consequently, Online activities must give the customer up to 14 days to be able to cancel the purchase without having to pay a penalty.
Furthermore, If the user is not informed in advance of this possibility, it would have time up to 12 months for the cancellation of the order.

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Open an online business: here are all your obligations

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