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September 21, 2016

German government fights against manipulated cash registers

After years of hesitation, the federal German government takes up the fight against manipulated receipts. Until the draft bill, (“A draft law for protection against manipulation of digital recordings”) presented in March 2016, there was no special requirements in Germany, to deal with manipulated cash registeres. The lack of this regulation resulted in a growing number of taxpayers found to be manipulating sale data records from year to year. Recently, in July 2016, the draft bill was supplemented with amendments which was further defining the individual articles of the previous draft bill and prolonging date of the law implementation.

September 15, 2016

EET: Czech Republic is ready for Electronic Receipt Evidence

In March this year, after exhausting debates, the Government of the Czech Republic adopted a fiscal law “Act on Registration of Sales 112/2016”. See our encyclopaedia for more details.

Delay in official decision did not stop competent revenue departments to work on fiscal processes preparations. For this reason, until today, lot activities had started and accomplished.

August 23, 2016

New Zealand: 3 years’ jail for evading almost $800,000 in tax

Restaurateur Zai Jian Liang, who runs Tasty Zone Restaurant in East Tamaki, filed 113 incorrect tax returns between 2009 and last year.

An Inland Revenue investigation found Liang and his wife Guan Hong Liang failed to declare more than $1 million in cash sales and about $500,000 in PAYE.

The couple also fraudulently claimed $30,000 in Working for Families tax credits.

July 26, 2016

SLOVENIA: Half year since certified cash registers rollout

Six months after the launch of the online certified cash registers in Slovenia, number of certified receipts is stabilized at about 3 million per day. Already more than half a billion receipts are signed and stored with Revenue Authority up to now.

July 5, 2016

BULGARIA: Actions to Improve Tax Compliance in Resorts

Bourgas, on the Black Sea, June 14 (BTA) – The National Revenue Agency (NRA) is tightening the control over compliance with tax and social security legislation along the Black Sea coast during the summer tourist season, the Agency reported Tuesday. The goal is to shed as much light as possible on the tourism sector and ensure proper revenue taxation and payment of social insurance contributions. NRA employees will be deployed to the Black Sea from other parts in the country.