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Tax Authorities Figured Out How To Raise Prices For Goods And Services

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Tax Authorities Figured Out How To Raise Prices For Goods And Services

The Ministry of Taxes and Duties wants to organize "check games" at the expense of Belarusians.

The Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Belarus has developed and put out for public consultation Lukashenka’s draft decree, which will allow the Ministry to conduct at the expense of population the so-called "check games", ej.by informs.

However, officially the MTD hasn’t become another state operator for the games and lotteries of all kinds, which receives its income from the gaming habits of Belarusians.

The purpose of the draft decree is "to create conditions for the prevention of concealment of the sales proceeds..., as well as stimulating social activity of citizens regarding the requisition of payment documents ..."

According to the document, the check game is a game, "organized with the use of the cash registering equipment control system, on the basis of which its organizer is obliged to give a prize to each of the participants of the check game, presenting the original of the payment document, which has won in a random way."

It is assumed that an individual, who has received a payment document for purchased goods (works, services), will be able to register this payment document on a special Internet resource, automatically becoming a contender for a definite prize. Naturally, if the buyer has not been given a check, he is not able to participate in the game.

According to the developers of the document, it should encourage individuals to ask for a check when buying goods (works, services), which in turn minimizes illegal payments in cash and increases the tax receipt.

The RUE "Information and Publishing Center on Taxes and Duties" will organize and carry out the check games. It will generate a prize pool on its own expense of "no more than 20 percent of the received in the previous month fee for the information service of users of the cash registering equipment control system, including the monthly fee."

However, if we look deeper into the situation, the actual prize fund will be formed by the buyers themselves. Since the draft decree stipulates that the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Information and Publishing Center on Taxes and Duties" will build the related costs "into the formation of tariffs for users of the information service of the cash registering equipment control system, including the monthly fee." Naturally, the business will also take into account the costs incurred in the value of their goods and services, for which the end consumer pays.

The only consolation is that the personal income in the form of winnings, received from participation in the check game, will not be recognized as an object of taxation. But in order to take part in the game, it will be necessary to keep all the receipts.

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