12:19, 15 марта 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Gulmira Makanbai kyzy
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov urged sellers not to oppose introduction of cash registers. He said this in an interview with Kabar state news agency.
The head of state once again explained the benefits of cash registers.
«Ordinary sellers, hiding nothing from the state, always honestly pay taxes in our country. Along with this, they provide for the country and enrich the rich and oligarchs. Every month they take licenses that cost from 2,000 to 5,000 soms without fail. If you take a license for 5,000 soms every month, then you will pay 60,000 soms a year for it. In turn, wholesale traders and large oligarchs, engaged in wholesale, hiding behind a license, do not pay a single tyiyn in the form of taxes,» Sadyr Japarov noted.
At the same time, the president recalled that, according to the new standards, sellers whose annual turnover does not exceed 8 million soms may not take a license, but use cash registers.
«We will give you these devices free of charge. We only ask you to issue checks to customers and also take invoices from large wholesalers. Let the state take taxes not from you, but from rich businessmen and large wholesalers. We do not want to torment ordinary entrepreneurs. Our task is to get you on your feet as soon as possible,» the head of state explained.
Sadyr Japarov noted that if the annual turnover exceeds 8 million soms, then in this case, up to 30 million soms, 1 percent must be paid as a tax. If the annual turnover exceeds 30 million soms, then it is necessary to work in accordance with the Tax Code.
«There is no need to oppose cash registers. There is no need to hide behind excuses, saying that you need to hire an accountant to use cash registers. The whole world has long switched to use of cash registers. The good side of the devices is that no one can evade taxes,» the president emphasized.
At the same time, Sadyr Japarov added that the state did not raise tax rates.
Market sellers held protests in Bishkek, Naryn and Talas regions. About 300 people rallied in the park named after Maxim Gorky in the capital. They opposed the mandatory introduction of cash registers, the use of electronic consignment notes, a single tax on trading activities. They demanded to retain the licensing system of taxation for retail trade.
On March 2, more than 500 sellers of markets and shops held a rally in Bishkek — entrepreneurs from Dordoi-Dyikan, Dordoi-Motors, Aziz bazaar, Osh bazaar, Orto-Sai and Alamedin markets.
Akylbek Japarov, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, said that smugglers were organizing rallies against the introduction of cash registers.