Online cash registers and printers have been available in Poland for several years. It is mandatory to be used by certain groups of taxpayers, but what about the rest of them?
Is it mandatory for all taxpayers in Poland to use online cash registers starting in 2023?
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Author: Kristina Dosen
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The question arises because, at the end of 2022, cash registers with an electronic copy of the receipt will disappear from the fiscal device market. If we look briefly into history, the regulations that entered into force in 2019 provide for the obligation to use online cash registers for all Polish entrepreneurs. These devices, in addition to basic functions such as recording sales or printing reports, have the ability to send data to the Central Repository of Cash Registers (CRK). However, the Ministry of Finance has envisaged a gradual replacement of older models of cash registers with online devices. First of all, the most technologically outdated models were withdrawn - cash registers with a paper copy of the receipt. Devices of this type were approved only until the end of August 2019. More time was left for cash registers with electronic copies. Manufacturers may obtain confirmations from the President of the Central Office of Measures (homologations) until the end of 2022.
But, from 2023, the only cash registers that will be present on the Polish market will be online cash registers. But, it is important to state that this does not mean a universal, mandatory replacement of older device models with new ones. Entrepreneurs will be able to use their cash registers until the end of their service life, which is usually associated with filling up the fiscal memory. Meaning: There is no obligation to switch to online cash registers, but in the future, that probably will be required. Currently, there are no new rules and regulations about this topic, but, certainly, those will exist in the near future. All of this is in accordance with the Polish government's plan to gradually phase out old devices.
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