CONFERENCE DGII warns of fiscal printers
Santo Domingo .- Gradually fiscal printers are becoming a reality in the retail business in the Dominican Republic. The authorities are determined to ensure that deadlines are met for the installation of these mechanisms with which it seeks to minimize tax evasion.
This year end fiscal printers installed in the fast-food chains and supermarkets to continue to hardware stores, department stores and restaurants and liquor store.
The Director General of Internal Taxes (DGII), Juan Hernandez, said yesterday that they are reporting to all companies and retail outlets that sell retail products and services en masse, so that it will lead to the installation of fiscal printers following a timetable to be exhausted within the deadline set for 2010.
The official confirmed that the DGII began to install fiscal printers in the principal fast food chains and the main hypermarkets in the country. The fiscal printers are already operating in one of the Pola establishments of the Group Ramos.They have been already installed in fast food outlets such as KFC, Taco Bell, Burger King and Emparedado.
As reported, they're working to leave in place fiscal printers operating in one of the CCN Group supermarkets and establishments Victorina Chicken, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Dominos Pizza, among others. By 2010 the DGII will work with large hardware stores, department stores, clothing stores and shoe and restaurants.
Compliance
"This timetable must be respected to the letter and those that fail to meet the required fiscal printers in place by the timetable, without exhausting all possible venues to that end throughout the schedule work process will not operate in the market.
To be able to sell they must have fiscal printers," said Hernandez.
He stated at the opening of the "First International Congress of Taxation from the Dominican Republic's Tax Association."
The conference title was "The impact of technology on the proceeds of taxes" which detailed the key institution that has been directed to achieve the levels of organizational performance and voluntary compliance by taxpayers.
According to Hernández, the positive results of organizational transformation achieved by the Internal Revenue Office has become a benchmark for many other institutions, especially when in use of new technologies of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
For the director of Internal Revenue, the performance of an organization in the field of ICT must be measured by the impact of their use in transforming the organization to fulfill its mission and approach to their vision.
"Actually it is based on two factors: first the high level of institutional performance which means the culture of compliance, and second to respect the rights of taxpayers has been created in the Internal Revenue Office, which has generated the confidence that has in society who are running the institution, not only in the professional quality component, made up of people selected on the basis of values such as honesty, loyalty, respect for laws and social commitment, "said Hernandez.
One of the most effective tools developed by the Internal Revenue Office has been the virtual office where taxpayers can conduct almost all their obligations.
One element that Juan Hernandez said in his presentation is referred to the projects supporting the tax control by the Crossed Information System, the Case Control System and Fiscal Printers.
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Economía & Negocios - DGII advierte sobre impresoras fiscales
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Recall when I told you here that all sales would be done by electronic means in the DR??? This is phase one only! Wait and see when the entire market is on software to keep and make sales... You'll notice how slowly printed currency and coins will start to be less and less available from banks...