BIR to step up monitoring of cash registers and POs
The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Cebu (BIR-13) has warned businesses using unregistered cash registers and point-of-sale machines.
BIR-13 regional director Eduardo Pagulayan Jr. said the agency will boost its monitoring of cash register machines and point-ofsale systems. He said this is one way to ensure that the sales of businesses are properly reported and subjected to tax.
“Our field officers will visit business establishments to check whether the cash registers, pointof-sale machines and other receipting softwares being utilized by these businesses are duly registered,” the official pointed out.
“We will also verify whether the cash register machines registered with the bureau are actually being used in the business establishments where they are authorized to be operated,” he added.
He also noted the BIR will check the integrity of the sales data produced by these machines and whether the information on the official receipts, sales invoices or other commercial invoices generated from these machines comply with BIR regulations.
“These machines must be tamper-proof. The records of sales in these machines are not allowed to be altered, except in some cases. Also, the information provided in the official receipts, sales invoices or other commercial invoices generated by these machines must comply with existing regulations,” he explained.
He also urged the buying public to examine the official receipts and sales invoices issued to them and see if these are compliant with BIR regulations.
He urged the public to report erring businesses so the agency could verify whether these are legal and authorized.
Earlier, BIR-13 padlocked five warehouses and three restaurants owned by Ong Kin King and Co Inc., for violation of tax laws. It seized around 53 cash register machines of the company.
Pagulayan said several establishments are currently under the agency’s surveillance for possible violations. But he did not disclose names.
Under BIR’s Oplan Kandado Program, a business may be suspended or temporarily closed due to noncompliance with essential value-added tax (VAT) requirements such as the issuance of receipts, filing of returns, declaration of taxable transactions, taxpayer registration and payment of the correct amount of taxes.
Erring establishments are usually subjected to surveillance prior to their closure.
A closure order is then issued after it is discovered that a company failed to comply with registration requirements of the National Internal Revenue Code.