Sanctions for neighborhood stores if they do not comply with electronic invoicing - Companies

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Electronic invoicing for small merchantsAttention small merchants, today is the last deadline for the implementation of electronic invoicing for purchases over 212 thousand pesos.

Avoid paying fines and penalties for not complying with the tax requirement.

For some years, the billing system in Colombia has entered the field of technology and it has become a tool for business owners and merchants to deliver purchasing sustenance to their customers.

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It is said that it is also a significant saving of paper and a safe method that optimizes the work of accounting and tax registration tasks.

However, just as it has its benefits, tIt can also be a reason for sanctioning those merchants who are obliged to use the methodology and who do not use it in their commercial establishments.

In the country, with millions of businesses, there are only 350,000 invoicers.

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Experts affirm that electronic invoicing helps fiscal control in aspects such as traceability, storage, conservation and information security.

Likewise, it allows to carry out a record of the control program and of the process return of balances in favor.

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But be careful, those merchants who do not use electronic invoicing may carry Economic sanctions with fines ranging from 1% of the operations registered in the invoice.

It is worth mentioning that this value cannot exceed 950 Annual Tax Value Units (UVT) and that, if they are sent with errors, the penalty cannot exceed 15,000 UVT.

within the consequences The temporary or definitive closure of the commercial establishment is also mentioned for not fully following article 684-2 of the Tax Code.