POS: The deadline to connect to cash registers expires on April 30

The deadline for companies to interface POS with their cash registers expires on April 30. Already, 94% of businesses have complied with the project implementation schedule, having either connected or scheduled an appointment with an installer to complete the process within the next few days.

However, there is still a small number of businesses that have not responded at all to what the law provides and are faced with the imposition of fines. In particular, AADE has started mass controls and has proceeded to impose the first fines on companies with a turnover of more than 1 million euros, which have not done what the procedure provides so far and their explanations were deemed “unsatisfactory”. Controls continue in the rest of the businesses, regardless of turnover, and will be intensified in the coming days. At the same time, the controls concern, in addition to the POS-cash register interconnection obligation, the POS function in the businesses of the 35 branches retail which are required to have installed them from April 1.

Within the next few hours, AADE will proceed to send another mass informational email both to those businesses that have not yet completed their connection and have an appointment scheduled to do so, as well as to those that have not responded at all to date.

Deadlines

It is reminded that until April 30 they have time to connect:

• Businesses that did not proceed with the interconnection of their systems within March, but have a scheduled appointment with an installation technician within April.
• Businesses that have declared in the POS Registry that they are going to replace their cash register system with one of the newly available “all in one” solutions, which does not require additional interface actions, despite making transactions. ATTENTION: Those who have purchased an all-in-one solution but have not made a transaction are considered “not connected”! It is noted that seven electronic invoicing providers with such solutions have been approved.
• Especially businesses that use a cash register system with ERP software and must follow the basic interconnection rule of A.1155/2023 for their POS, are reminded that they have until May 31st and in the case of a scheduled appointment with the purpose of interconnection within June 2024 until the end of that month.
• Finally, the cash registers of businesses that are closed for any reason (e.g. seasonality) and will be opened after the end of the above schedule, should be interconnected with the POS terminals they have from the first day of business reopening.

Fines for not connecting POS

Obligation businesses that have not linked their systems or proceeded with scheduling appointments by April face fines if they cannot justify that they did not do so due to force majeure.

Specifically, a fine is provided for:

• 10,000 euros, as long as they follow a simple accounting system
• 20,000 euros, as long as they follow a double-entry bookkeeping system

These fines are halved for businesses established in settlements with a population of up to 500 inhabitants and on islands with a population of up to 3,100 inhabitants (except for tourist). In the event of a recurrence within five years, the fines are doubled for each subsequent similar violation are tripled.

Finally, it is recalled that as of April 1, 35 retail branches are required to have POS installed and accept card transactions. Otherwise, a fine of 1,500 euros per violation is provided for.