The Financial Administration of the Slovak Republic has prepared a project enabling an online connection of all cash registers to the “eKasa” portal run by the Financial Administration. In practice, it means that the Financial Administration will be informed about each transaction immediately after each issued receipt is registered with the central eKasa disposal site. Until now, entrepreneurs have had a choice of connecting to the Financial Administration systems on a voluntary basis; the new adjustment makes the connection to the Financial Administration obligatory. Electronic cash registers (ECR) will become online cash registers (OCR). Nevertheless, the entrepreneurs will still have a number of options to choose from: not only a standard ECR but also a tablet, smartphone, computer or virtual cash register (VCR) can be used for this purpose.
It is anticipated that the project will bring reduced administrative burden and costs for the entrepreneurs, a better protection from unreliable persons for customers, and electronic receipts.
A draft law, that is subject to passing in the National Council of the Slovak Republic, envisions the gradual implementation of the project into practice. The first phase (April 2019) will include the HORECA segment, i.e., hotels, restaurants, cafés, and pumping stations. The second phase (July 2019) will include retail business, services, and other sectors.
