As of January 1, nearly 9 million fiscal receipts recorded

The Tax Administration has recorded 8,963,422 receipts from 10,389 different OIBs and 18,203 records of business premises from 5,758 different OIBs since the Law on Fiscalization in Cash Transactions came into effect on January 1 at 00:00 until today, January 4 at 10:00, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Finance.

A few days before the law came into effect, on December 27, 2012, the Tax Administration enabled taxpayers to access the production environment of the fiscalization system. From the moment access was granted in that first phase, from December 27 at 10:00 until today, January 4 at 10:00, the system has received 12,928,739 receipts from 10,514 different OIBs and 49,692 records of business premises from 10,322 different OIBs.

The Ministry of Finance emphasizes that there has not been a single interruption in the operation of the fiscalization system since the very beginning of its production work until today, nor has the system operated under any difficulties.

Citizens are also reminded that they can verify receipts, with a date of issuance no earlier than January 1, on the Tax Administration’s website: http://www.porezna-uprava.hr/fiskalizacija/fiskalizacija_provjera.asp

With the first day of 2013, hospitality providers and medium-sized entrepreneurs are the first taxpayers subject to fiscalization, in accordance with the Law on Fiscalization in Cash Transactions, which should enable the Ministry of Finance to efficiently monitor cash transactions and combat the gray economy.

The law will be implemented in three phases. After hospitality providers and medium-sized entrepreneurs, in the second phase, starting April 1, traders and freelancers will be included in fiscalization, and in the third phase, starting July 1, all other taxpayers will be subject to fiscalization.

The Ministry of Finance and the Tax Administration will be ‘lenient’ towards taxpayers who have not prepared in time during the first month, but from February they will be very strict towards all violators of the law, who can expect high monetary fines or closure of their establishments, as previously warned by the Ministry of Finance.

Finance Minister Slavko Linić stated earlier this week that penalties for violating the Law on Fiscalization will be strict and announced that inspectors will rigorously close all establishments that do not have fiscal cash registers, as this means non-compliance with fundamental regulations.

The Law on Fiscalization in Cash Transactions allows the Tax Administration, if during supervision it determines that a taxpayer is not conducting this process in accordance with the law, to issue a decision prohibiting the taxpayer from further operations until the reasons for the prohibition are removed, or to seal the business premises.

The law also prescribes monetary fines for violators, which for taxpayers subject to fiscalization range from 5,000 to 500,000 kuna, and there is also a monetary fine of 200 to 2,000 kuna for citizens, i.e., buyers and any recipient of a receipt who does not retain the issued receipt after leaving the business premises or does not show it at the request of an official (Tax Administration officer).