Today, Holy Tuesday, April 30, the deadline for connecting POS to cash registers expires.

The Minister of National Economy and Finance, Kostis Hatzidakis, had made it clear that no further extension was going to be given and on May 2 the relevant circular will be issued that will determine the road map for the next day, as well as the manner of imposing the fines.

Interface obligations are:

  • Businesses that did not proceed with the interconnection of their systems in March, but have a scheduled appointment with an installation technician in April.
  • Businesses that have declared to the POS Registry that they are going to replace their cash register system with one of the newly available “all in one” solutions, which does not require additional interface actions, despite making transactions. ATTENTION: Those who have purchased an all-in-one solution but have not made a transaction are considered “not connected”! It is noted that seven electronic invoicing providers with such solutions have been approved.
  • Especially businesses that use a cash register system with ERP software and must follow the basic interconnection rule of A.1155/2023 for their POS, are reminded that they have until May 31st and in the case of a scheduled appointment for the purpose of interconnection within June 2024 to the end of the given month.
  • Finally, cash registers of businesses that are closed for any reason (e.g. seasonality) and will be opened after the end of the above schedule, should be interconnected with the POS terminals they have from the first day of business reopening.

Obliged businesses that have not linked their systems or proceeded with scheduling appointments by April face fines if they cannot justify not doing so due to force majeure.

Specifically, a fine is provided for:

10,000 euros, as long as they follow a simple accounting system,
20,000 euros, as long as they follow a double-entry bookkeeping system.

These fines are halved for businesses established in settlements with a population of up to 500 inhabitants and on islands with a population of up to 3,100 inhabitants (excluding tourist). In the event of a recurrence within five years, the fines are doubled and for each subsequent same violation they are tripled.