The Ministry of Finance of Republic of Slovenia on March 4th has announced a draft law on the new obligation which introduces mandatory use of fiscal cash registers in Slovenia. The text of the law on fiscalization will be published up to 20 March in the inter-ministerial coordination at government level and at the same time in the public debate, then by the ministry, perhaps even changed before it will be awarded in the assessment of the government. According to the plans, the fiscal cash registers will be compulsory from 1 October this year. The Ministry has decided to use alternative period – the second option so far on 1 January 2016.
Exemption list is short and covers: state bodies and institutions, local authorities and other bodies governed by public law, supply of goods on board of an aircraft in flight and in the sale of services through vending machines.

source: Marco Mobili

What has been introduced as an idea in 2006-2008 will start on January 1 2017, when all merchants in Italy will replace or upgrade their outdated fiscal cash registers with new and more conventional systems capable of producing digital receipts with electronic signatures to assure every transaction, whether it is B2C, B2B, G2B or private money transfers, will become traceable!

“The first step will be the following. For retailers, artisans and professionals it will be mandatory to report their daily income to the Treasury. This rule will subsequently be extended to large retailers (supermarkets, superstores, shopping malls, discount markets) and to all retailers using vending machines.

The mandatory daily reporting won’t take place using only the one million cash registers spread all over the country. Electronic receipts, on the contrary, may run on new and more versatile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.”

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All  taxpayers registered in hospitality sector in Belgium are obliged to register for the use of Certified Cash Register System, at their Tax Agency by February 28, 2014. The system will need to be installed at taxpayer’s premises before the end of 2015.

In a recently published notice Kenyan Revenue Authority (KRA) said a countrywide verification exercise for the electronic tax registers has began to ensure businesses comply.

“Failure to issue an ETR receipt by a registered VAT taxpayer or failure to obtain an ETR receipt on purchase from a registered taxpayer is an offence punishable under the VAT Act and any goods in respect of which an offence has been committed are liable to forfeiture,” the notice read.

KRA made plans in the past to monitor ETR usage more efficiently by installing remote controlling devices…

New rules mandate communication and data transfer enabled with the use of GPRS terminals (mostly built-in fiscal cash registers/printers), whose main responsibility is to address Revenue Authority server via mobile’s operator own virtual private network.

Update is mandatory for all fiscal devices already deployed to the market, although many will have to be simply replaced with new devices (as most of manufacturers stopped providing product support for their older models). New equipment is comprised of:

Virtual cash registers are not new, as we have seen them replacing old tills from big retail chains in the USA when Apple iPads are introduced as ECRs. In fiscal country with traditional fiscal devices however, this is indeed revolutionary.

Article by: Radka Minarechová – Finances and Advisory

DOCTORS, dentists and hoteliers are exempt from having to use cash registers, but the Finance Ministry is proposing to scrap this exception in an effort to curb tax evasion. The proposal has met with protest from some business owners, who point to the increased costs that come with registers. To silence the criticism, the ministry has introduced virtual cash registers, which will be free of charge. Though some professions see this as a positive step, they also point to potential risks.

Little bit of Chilean e-invoicing and a whole lot of Brazilian SPED experience “Nota fiscal eletrônica”, gave birth to a fully online Croatian fiscalization system.
Finance Minister Boris Lalovac enjoys promoting the system, in his latest visit to American IRS…

By: TIMES REPORTER

At Quartier Mateus, Kigali’s premier trade centre, business is booming; the sellers are cashing-in and the buyers are taking their money’s worth but one party is being cut out of the deals – Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA).

On Wednesday evening, a New Times journalist lurked around this busy area, poking his nose in several premises to see how people here do business and the findings were worrisome.

“My mind on money, money on my mind” seems to be the tune on everyone’s mind here; every deal must yield maximum profits…

In the first half of 2014 a larger number of fiscal receipts is issued than the last year. This is due to the fiscalization, introduced in Croatia last year, bringing desirable surplus to the treasury, as much as 8 billion HRK (~1,3 billion USD) out of which 2.6 billion HRK is contributed by hospitality and as many as 5.2 billion HRK by retail traders.

Hungary

use of fiscal cash register with remote audit is mandatory

In Hungary, as from September 1st all taxpayers must use fiscal cash register with remote audit capability. According to the Tax Office information 170.000 fiscal cash register has been already installed, and users can choose now between 146 licensed models to upgrade. In Hungary taxpayers are asked to install cash registers that are directly connected to the tax office. Hungary has observed first effects and some taxpayers are now declaring much higher amounts of value added tax (VAT ).

Hungary is introducing remote audit cash register after two-year preparation. Taxpayer, who from this day will not use the appropriate cash register and software, can expect up to one million forints (3.180 Euros) penalties, the tax office can also order the closure of their shops up to 12 working days. According to the Minister of Economy Mihaly Varga VAT in the retail sector in the first half of this year is increased by 106 billion forints (337 million Euros)…