This is a major change for the entire food service sector in Tunisia. Since 1st July 2026, the regulations have progressively required the use of digital cash registers for certain categories of businesses.
This obligation is part of the modernisation of the tax administration and the digitalisation of sales operations. In practical terms, the establishments concerned must use an approved register, capable of recording sales, issuing compliant receipts and communicating with the national system of fiscal cash registers (NACEF).
In accordance with the Order of the Minister of Finance of 14 October 2025 (JORT no. 125), the businesses concerned are those engaged, on a primary or secondary basis, in an activity of selling food and/or prepared or ready-to-consume beverages, while providing their customers with an on-site dining area.
Who is concerned?
The obligation targets food service establishments that provide an on-site dining area. Those primarily concerned are:
Conventional retail businesses are not covered by this “food service” obligation. But they have everything to gain from adopting a connected register: inventory management, barcodes, margins and steering. The good news is that a single tool now covers a restaurant just as well as a shop.
Achieving compliance: what your register must do
Being compliant is not simply a matter of “having a register”. The text requires approved equipment, capable of performing three specific functions. A modern point-of-sale software covers them natively.
Choosing your solution, migrating your catalogue and training your team takes a little time. Getting ahead avoids having to deal with compliance under pressure — and turns it into a real organisational gain rather than a mere constraint.
Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia (JORT) — Order of 14 October 2025: JORT no. 125 (PDF).
Official NACEF platform: nacef.tn.
What a connected register changes
Achieving compliance is an opportunity to take a real step forward. A conventional cash register only takes payments. A connected register becomes the nerve centre of the establishment.
For restaurants & cafés
During a busy service, communication between the dining area and the kitchen is the first point of friction. A connected register transforms this chaos into a smooth flow.
The waiter enters the order from their phone, and it appears instantly in the kitchen. No more lost tickets, no more transmission errors, less waiting.
Who has been served, who is waiting, which table is free: the floor plan stays up to date at all times, for faster and better-organised service.
Every dish sold reduces its ingredients. You see which dishes really pay off and you adjust the menu based on facts, not impressions.
For shops & retailers
Shop, grocery, pharmacy or any retail business: the challenges are different, but a connected register brings just as much value there — without the kitchen area.
Scan, take payment, print the receipt in a few seconds. A structured catalogue speeds up the checkout and eliminates pricing errors.
The stock updates with every sale. You know what remains, what sells fast, and when to reorder — without blind inventory counts.
You identify profitable products and unsold items. The catalogue, prices and supplier orders finally rely on real data.
Conclusion
The digital cash register obligation is not merely an administrative constraint: it is an accelerator. For the restaurants and cafés concerned, it is the right time to switch to a tool that, on top of being compliant, saves time every day. For shops and retailers, not covered by the obligation, it is simply the best way to steer their business.
In both cases, the logic is the same: turning the point of sale into a steering tool — smoother service, controlled stock, visible margins, real-time figures.
Register, kitchen, dining area and inventory in a single system, with receipts, end-of-day closing, offline operation and one-click Windows installation. Prepare your switch to the digital cash register with peace of mind — let's talk about your compliance.
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