78,604 applications have been submitted within 9 days in the 4th financing cycle to cover part of the cost of purchasing a POS and connecting to the cash register, according to the data of the Ministries of National Economy and Finance and Digital Governance.

More specifically, these are applications that have been submitted since the start of the 4th cycle on February 26, 2024, and in addition to those mentioned above, they also cover a number of additional digital needs of businesses.

It is recalled that the aid is in the form of a voucher and the beneficiaries have the possibility to use it at approved suppliers of the “Digital Transactions” Program, of the Ministries of National Economy and Finance and Digital Governance. The “Digital Transactions” Program is carried out within the framework of the Action “Digital Transformation of SMEs”, implemented by the Ministry of Digital Governance and the Information Society (KtP M.A.E.), within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 with the financing of the European Union – Next Generation EU.

In more detail, the applications that have been submitted to date in the context of the 4th cycle are structured as follows:

Category 1 – Supply of new or replacement of existing EFT/POS: 32,004

Category 3 – Receive electronic invoicing provider services & invoicing software: 4,841

Category 4- VAT & ADIME upgrade for EFT/POS interface: 30,749

Category 5: Replacement of EAFDSSS, excluding catering businesses: 4,362

Category 6: Replacement of FIM (FTM or ADIME or EAFDSSS) catering businesses: 6,648

The dynamic interest shown for joining the 4th cycle of the financing program comes as a continuation of the first 3 cycles during which vouchers were approved for 290,975 businesses with the total funding amounting to 40.6 million euros.

Deadline for applications

Businesses have the right to submit an application in the context of the 4th cycle through the digitalsme.gov.gr platform until Tuesday, March 12, 2024.

It is emphasized that new eligible activities have been added to the 4th financing cycle, which are indicatively related to the processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products and are as follows:

CAD DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

10.41.12 Manufacture of fats and oils and their fractions, fish and marine mammals

46.11.11.07 Commercial agents mediating the sale of fish, live and fry

46.17.11.27 Commercial agents mediating the sale of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, not live

46.21.19.11 Wholesale of products n.e.c. fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

46.76.19.14 Wholesale trade of coral and similar products, shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and bones of cuttlefish

46.76.19.15 Wholesale trade of cultured pearls, unworked

46.76.19.30 Wholesale trade of natural pearls, unworked

47.23 Retail trade of fish, crustaceans and molluscs in specialized stores

47.77.82.08 Retail trade of cultured pearls, unworked

47.77.82.13 Retail trade of natural pearls, unworked

47.78.86.18 Retail sale of coral and similar products, shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttlefish bones

47.91.15 Retail sale of fish, shellfish and molluscs by mail order or via the Internet

47.99.15 Other retail sale of fish, shellfish and molluscs other than in shops, stalls or markets

10.2 Processing and preservation of fish, crustaceans and molluscs

46.38.1 Wholesale trade of fish, crustaceans and molluscs

In addition, in the event that a company operates in more than one CA, for the assessment of eligibility, the CA of Main Activity is first taken into account and if it is not eligible, secondly the CA with the highest revenue.

It is emphasized that, especially in Energy Category 1, eligible enterprises are considered to have one of the following KADs, which relate to retail trade activities in open-air stalls and markets, even if they are not the main KAD or the KAD with the largest revenues :

CAD DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

47.81.10.01 Retail trade of food, beverages and tobacco, producer-seller in outdoor stalls and markets

47.81.10.02 Retail trade of food, beverages and tobacco, professional – vendor at outdoor stalls and markets

47.89.10.01 Retail trade of other goods, producer-seller in outdoor stalls and markets

47.89.10.02 Retail trade of other goods, professional – seller in outdoor stalls and markets

It is a necessary condition that the above-mentioned KADs show non-zero income in the year of reference to the specific KAD.

It is noted that the start of the 5th round of funding is expected for those companies that did not join the previous rounds and are entitled to funding.

Deadlines for POS-cash register interface

It is recalled that, after the recent announcement of an extension in order to complete without technical problems the major project of connecting the POS with the cash registers, the relevant deadlines are as follows:

Until March 31, 2024 for those businesses that have not interconnected their systems to get in touch with the authorized cash register installers to complete the process. It is noted that this extension can be extended for an additional month, i.e. until April 30, 2024:

for businesses that were unable to find an available appointment in March, but have a scheduled appointment with an installer in April. Appointments should be announced on a special platform that will be put into operation by AADE on the second 15th of March.

for businesses that will declare in the POS Registry that they are going to replace their cash register system with one of the new all-in-one solutions available, which does not require additional interface actions. Already, two e-invoicing providers have been approved with such solutions and more are expected very soon.

It is clarified that all businesses that fall under the 35 retail sectors that are required to install a POS, as long as the order was made by February 29, have the possibility to install it within March. They should then proceed to interface the POS with the cash register within the schedules mentioned above and which concern all businesses.

Especially businesses that use a cash register with a software system (ERP) and must follow the basic interconnection rule of A.1155/2023 for their POS, are reminded that they already have a deadline of May 31, 2024.

Along with the new interconnection schedule, the deadline for the withdrawal of tax mechanisms (EAFDSS) from the companies that use them is extended until April 30, 2024.

Finally, it is clarified that the cash registers of businesses that are closed for any reason (e.g. seasonality) and will be opened after the end of the above schedule (which amount to approximately 30,000) should be interconnected with the POS terminals they have from on the first day of business resumption.