For the moment, the SRS will not impose any penalty on cash registers

The State Revenue Service (SRS) will not impose any penalties on cases at this time, and sanctions will only be imposed if the merchant repeatedly ignores SRS references, says Sandra Kārkliņa-Ādmine, director of the SRS. SRS Tax Control Department.

The point-of-sale inspections allowed the SRS to perceive the actual situation in the sector, Kārkliņa-Ādmine said, adding that 94% of the cases revealed irregularities. "This indicator indicates that the reform of the caisses will be difficult: if only 67 of the 821 merchants use the appropriate equipment for the new rules, it is far from being the expected result and this situation is not the case. is not fair to those who have invested funds and equipment quickly. She informed that discussions are currently underway with the parties involved in the certification and service of cash registers to find a compromise as quickly as possible and that businessmen know what to do

"Until then , we will notify the contractors Kārkliņa-Ādmine

It has already been reported that the SRS in June this year carried out preventive checks in various sales outlets in Latvia, checking 821 traders and 94% of cases found in violation

Only a small portion of the borrowed locations used cash registers and cash registers that met the technical requirements, the BSS was informed.In most cases, in 754 cases, the equipment was not available. not in compliance with the new regulations

In 44 cases, BSS employees noted that the merchant did not record all purchases. the same number of cases, it was concluded that the money in the cash register does not match the indicated control prints. There have been a number of other violations, including nine cases in which the store vendor did not have a work contract.