Late last year, Mr. Slim Chaker, Tunisian Minister of Finance, announced the changes with the introduction of the fiscal law for the year 2016: “Several decisions will be taken in the year 2016 to fight against tax evasion, including the adoption of cash registers in cafes, restaurants and hotels, to get true amount of sales.” Cash registers should be directly linked to the Ministry of Finance.
The idea is, according to the Minister of Finance to “put pressure on fraudsters and to prompt Tunisian consumer to demand its receipt.”
Every tax transaction must be registered on the fiscal receipt. Every sales transaction should be automatically verified and known to the tax authority. The use of cash registers regulates that no product or service can be sold without fiscal receipt.
As further support for this project fiscal lottery is foreseen. As a part of attractive prizes every month one car shall be delivered to the lucky winner.
At a last Friday’s meeting with members of National Federation of Trades, Minister Chaker, wishing to accelerate fiscal project announced that Ministry, will undertake the implementation of fiscal system in a flexible and gradual manner with the start-up launch of a voluntary pilot operation from 1 June 2016. This experiment will equip 300 consumers with free cash registers. The call for volunteers was launched this week, form is posted on the website of the Ministry.
