ArmInfo.On the initiative of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia (SRC) as a result of the liberalization of the process of introducing cash registers (CAC), each business entity, in accordance with the requirements established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, can import cash registers, develop software, implement and maintain these devices.
According to the official statement of SRC, as a result of the liberalization of the cash register market at present, the organization selling this device is responsible for the smooth operation of devices and software compliance.
Given the above, the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia informs that when acquiring a cash register from a business entity, attention should be paid to a number of factors, including the availability of a guarantee, the possibility of conducting non-cash transactions through register, and including settlement documents in the register's software. Attention should also be paid to the possibility of regular bringing the program into compliance with the requirements established by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
It should be noted that the conclusion on compliance with the requirements for the cash registers and their software is provided by the Office for the Implementation of Cash Register Machines SNCO, and business entities involved in the supply of the cash registers have the right to sell those device models that have received a conformity statement.
To recall, earlier the chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia David Ananyan stated that until mid-March 2020 the demand for new-generation cash registers will be fully satisfied.
It should be noted that after the liberalization of the cash registers market, which de facto started in October 2018, a number of organizations took certain steps towards importing new devices. At the same time, there is a technical task that needs to be addressed if there is a desire to provide importers with access to the cash registers market. Today, the legislator requires that the new generation of registers have the function of a POS terminal. To implement this function, in turn, there is a need to coordinate work with banking institutions, which will take a long time. As a result, SRC offers, in case of meeting all the other requirements, to give the green light to their introduction, with a condition to activate the POS terminal function over the next 6 months.
ArmInfo reported a problem of a shortage of registers on the market, since the use of new-generation cash registers was mandatory from January 1, 2019. Earlier, the Armenian government has repeatedly extended the terms for their implementation - first until January 1, 2016, and then - until the beginning of 2017 and 2018. In February 2019, the government announced that it would subsidize the difference between the cost of new cash registers equal to 158 thousand drams and its selling price of 60 thousand drams, spending about $ 5 million for these purposes. This, as announced, concerned 25 thousand tax agents, for whom the availability of new generation cash registers became mandatory as of January 1, 2019 and which, due to lack of funds, cannot afford it.
