Cash register equipment in Belarus

  1. The need to install cash register equipment
  2. List of documents for registration
  3. Important points after registration

The need to install cash register equipment

Legal entities and sole proprietors, when selling goods, performing works, rendering services, accept cash and (or) bank payment cards using cash register equipment, models (modifications) of which are included in the State Register, and (or) payment terminals, automatic electronic devices, vending machines. The State Register is maintained by the State Committee for Standardization.

When using cash register equipment, the seller is obliged to install it in places accessible for visual viewing by the buyer of the information of the consumer indicator of cash register equipment (if available), displaying the amount of money spent on cash register equipment.

The exception is the cash register equipment used in catering facilities, the technological regulations of which provide for customer service at the table, as well as cash register equipment built into automatic electronic devices, vending machines. Cash register equipment that does not have a consumer indicator is installed in such a way that a visual view of the cash register equipment itself is provided.

Cash register equipment is used by legal entities and sole proprietors after its registration with the tax authority.

Cash register equipment is subject to registration with the MNS inspection prior to its use and subject to the installation of controls on it in accordance with the procedure provided for by law.

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List of documents for registration

Registration of cash register equipment (with the exception of cash register equipment with an established means of control of tax authorities) is carried out by the tax authority at the place of registration of the payer within 5 working days free of charge. To register, you must:

An administrative decision on the registration of cash register equipment is made by affixing on the first sheet of the passport cover (form) on the cash register equipment a mark on the registration of cash register equipment, certified by the signature of the head (deputy head) of the MNS inspection and the stamp of the MNS inspection indicating the date of certification.

Important points after registration

The reason for the refusal of an individual entrepreneur to register cash register equipment is the absence of a current (settlement) account in the bank for an individual entrepreneur.

In case of registration of cash register equipment, the organization is notified of the administrative decision on registration of cash register equipment and the possibility of obtaining operational documentation for cash register equipment, contracts for maintenance and repair of cash register equipment in accordance with the procedure and terms.

In case of a change in the address of the installation of cash register equipment (except for cash register equipment used in transport, in the delivery trade and the implementation of trade samples with the delivery of goods to the house or other agreed place), the organization no later than 5 working days from the day following the day of the change in the address of the installation of cash register equipment, submits to the MNS inspection information about the cash register equipment, the information about which has changed, indicating the new address of its installation.

When an organization is de-registered in one MNS inspection and registered in another inspection, the cash register equipment is considered registered in the MNS inspection at the new location of the legal entity (place of residence of the individual entrepreneur) from the date of de-registration of the organization in the initial MNS inspection.

Cash register equipment issued for replacement by the center for maintenance and repair of cash register equipment at the time of repair of out-of-order cash register equipment must be registered with the MNS inspection at the place of registration of the TCO.