Slovakia: Virtual Cash Register with or without VSDC? Think twice

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.

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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.

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Croatia: Minister promotes fiscalization in the USA

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…

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Rwanda: Tricks traders use to evade billions of francs in taxes

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…

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Canada: Restaurant fined $89,753

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced on September 30th 2014, that Jezz Shi-Cheng Huang, of Calgary, Alberta, pleaded guilty in Provincial Court to tax evasion and failing to remit goods and services tax (GST) for his company 1320530 Alberta Ltd, operating as Edgemont City Asian Cuisine. The court imposed a total fine of $89,753 for both the income tax and GST offences…

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California: Tax Evasion by Electronic Sales Suppression

The BOE has seen a recent increase in the number of business owners using sales suppression or sales-hiding software to evade the payment of taxes due to the state.

Sales suppression software erases sales transactions which enables users to avoid paying income tax, sales tax, and other point­ of-sale (POS) fees collected on retail sales. Using such technology to deliberately falsify records for the purpose of evading taxes properly due is a crime and punishable by law.

Source: Tax information bulletin, Publication 388 as of September 2014 – www.boe.ca.gov

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