Do you want to evaluate the possibilities of the solution? You can try the cash register and store accounting software online and for free. Use it for 14 days. The trial period is enough to thoroughly study all its features and understand if it suits you. After the expiration of 14 days, you will need to regularly pay a small monthly fee for using the program or work on a free plan with restrictions.

The main advantages of the presented solution

• Intuitive interface. The program for the store is immediately clear to any employee, regardless of his qualifications. There is no training required to use the solution.
• Support of experts. You can always take the help of professionals if you have any questions. Support is provided by phone and email. It is also possible to demonstrate the capabilities of the program for the store via Skype.
• Adaptation to the specifics of your business. The program can be used to sell various goods (clothing and footwear, groceries, auto parts, dishes, goods for children, etc.). The necessary settings are set by the user.
• Compliance with legal requirements. Support for new rules for the use of cash registers (edition 54-FZ of July 2016) and data exchange with EGAIS.
• Friendship with equipment. Easy connection of popular fiscal models: Atol, Shtrikh, Pyrite and Viki. Support for barcode scanners and bulk goods.

Are you planning to start using a cash register and accounting software in your store? Don't put it off until later. Don't wait for the buzz around cash registers and in-store accounting systems just before February 1, 2017, when the use of online cash registers will become mandatory. Take care of the transition now!

So, what are the costs for a small (usually small) business that does not currently use cash registers:

1. Online cash desk (minimum cost 21 thousand rubles one-time). Necessarily.
2. Agreement with OFD (3 thousand per year). Necessarily.
3. Internet. From 1000 rubles per month. Necessarily.
4. Cash program. The price varies greatly. Mandatory, because now it is not enough to enter the order amount in numbers, you need to indicate the name of the product, article number, etc.
5. POS terminal. Not necessary. For a small business with little traffic, it is enough to use a tablet or computer.

The movement cashier makes it possible to refuse to pay for the program.

There are two online checkout options:

1. With the interface of interaction with the cashier. A bunch of solutions when the tablet is glued to the cash register or just comes as a kit separately. The program is embedded in a tablet (usually Android), the cost of such a cash register is about 30 thousand rubles.
2. No interface for interacting with the cashier. The cash register is connected to a computer and the interaction takes place through an accounting program or a cashier program, the cost is from 21 thousand rubles.

The easiest option for a business is to buy a customized kit right away (point 1). But there are a fairly large number of businesses that trade in a specific product, the sale of which requires consultation. An example of such a business is any consulting, sports nutrition, tea bars, entertainment centers, expensive boutiques, vape shops, specific clubs. As a rule, in such a store there is already a computer at which the administrator works - he advises customers through social networks, uses complex programs for selection, and is engaged in online marketing. All that is required for such a business is to plug the cheapest cash register into the computer and start punching checks in a separately launched program.

The optimal solution for such a business is a free program for online cash registers. We put together such a solution for Windows and tested it on several working businesses.

• The program itself can be downloaded.
• The source code is completely open and awaits community contributions.

Main characteristics:

• Uncompromisingly free. Without SMS and registration, without the chime of obsessive stupid start-ups.
• Very simple, minimum settings.
• Open source. Spy functions or installation of Yandex.Bar and other viruses are excluded.
• The ability to add and change cashiers, manage goods, prices and articles.
• Work with all cash desks Atol and Wikiprint. Barcode support will be added soon.
• Working with a barcode scanner
• Function of "free sale". Until 2021, UTII does not have to fill in the entire directory of goods with articles, it is enough to enter the name of the product and the amount manually. The exact name of the product is also not required.

Features coming soon:

• EGAIS (the target audience is completely different, therefore not a fact).
• Change in the tax base.
• Tablet version.
• Automatic checkout. At the moment, in order to teach the cash register to send data to the OFD, you need to dance a little with a tambourine and follow the instructions, no one has yet released a universal configurator.

More important points:

• The program does not know how to count balances and generate smart reports. But the program can be linked to a complex online inventory system http://demo4.dvizh.net/backend/web/ (superadmin:webmaster). The price of the instance is still negotiable.
• The program works only under Windows version 7 and higher, XP support is not and will not be.
• The program is being prepared for July 2018, that's when a large number of entrepreneurs (UTII and Patent) will be forced to incur high costs for business renewal. We are looking forward to any feedback in the form of a list of functions that small businesses need, bug reports, etc.

Well, for those who are interested, here are the interesting points that we learned while developing this program:

• Open source is almost dead (or never born) in offline trading. Everything is very proprietary, there are no free programs, specialists sit quietly somewhere in the office and do not go online.
• Drivers for cash registers are poorly thought out, it is quite difficult to interact with them. Documentation often does not correspond to reality, development is carried out by random.
• Athol has gone ahead with Pyrite (Wikiprint) both in terms of service quality and software (the documentation there is always up to date).
• Technical support often works according to a script and simply rejects everyone who calls. Nothing really could be found out.
• OFD often buggy and freezes.
• The law is crude, much is unclear. The tax office refuses to advise with the words "you put it, and then we'll figure it out." Therefore, it is unlikely that they will be heavily fined at first.
• New cash registers differ from the old ones in only one "detail" - fiscal memory, which is produced by something very corrupt, so there is a shortage of this memory now (but our customers have not yet experienced problems with the purchase).
• Around marketing. Old cash registers are not wrapped in any kind of wrapper. Although, only the name of the legal entities of the manufacturers and the case with memory have changed. Evotor is Athol and Wikiprint is Pyrite. All designs with tablets look ridiculous and unreliable.

Such things;) We will be glad to find partners here and receive any feedback.

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The presence of an online cash register is not only an obligation to the Federal Tax Service and the state, but also assistance to businesses in working with the buyer and assortment. However, the operation of an online cash register is impossible without software. Multifunctional software will help you keep inventory records, manage promotions and discounts, and increase store profits. Read this article to learn how to choose a program for an online cash register.

What you will learn about:

Programs for online cash registers: why and who needs them

The emergence of new cash registers changed all the traditional principles of cash accounting. Modern cash register is a highly intelligent IT machine that transmits information about revenue through the network to the Federal Tax Service.

The operation of an online cash register is impossible without software (software). A special program creates cash receipt with the name of all items of purchased goods, allocating VAT for each of them (for those who pay this tax).

Thanks to the software new type fiscal registrars, established in accordance with the law on online cash registers, transmits the necessary information about the punched check to the fiscal data operator (OFD).

Thus, the program performs two tasks:

1. fiscalization;
2. Formation of a check for the buyer.

Often, a free program for online cash registers built into cash registers can only perform the minimum functions that the tax office requires from cash registers.

If an entrepreneur wants to carry out inventory accounting, manage promotions and discounts, print information about loyalty programs on checks, then the so-called “applied” software is needed.

What functions do cash programs perform?

According to 54-FZ, the formation of a check and its printing are assigned to cash programs.

However, it is not forbidden to publish other information in the check: about promotions and sales. To do this, information about the discount, validity period and other necessary information is entered into the cash register program.

In addition, a modern cash register program should be able to generate an electronic cash receipt, as well as record the customer's contact information.

By law, the client can receive it by e-mail or SMS before the check is generated, and the cashier must agree to this request.

Another important, but optional function of the cash program is the ability to accept money from the buyer at the same time in cash and by bank transfer. This is important when the client does not have as much money on the card as he thought, but he is ready to make up for the missing part of the amount with banknotes.

Since the name of the product is indicated on the check, you will not be able to divide it into two payments. Therefore, if you have not yet decided which program is needed for an online cash register, pay attention to the possibility of simultaneous settlement.

Basic requirements of 54-FZ to the program for online cash registers

The Law on Online Cash Desks (54-FZ) prescribes the necessary software tasks for cash desks. These include the following:

1. sending to the online checkout the cost of a unit of goods, taking into account the discount (surcharge);
2. determining the discount in the check and sending the information to the online cashier;
3. publication of the final discount in the receipt only rounded to kopecks;
4. line-by-line transfer to the online checkout of registration (sale) of each item in the receipt;
5. publication on the receipt of the name of the goods;
6. sending, if necessary, additional details (for example, if payment is in favor of other persons);
7. creation and transfer of a correction check to the fiscal data operator, if necessary;
8. at the time of settlement with the buyer, sending a check to the fiscal data operator;
9. generating an electronic check and sending it to the buyer by e-mail or mobile phone;
10. the cash register program should also be able to generate a QR code for printing it on a check.

What fiscal documents are supported by cash programs?

The software should be able to prepare several fiscal documents. First of all, fight back cash receipts :

• ordinary cashier's check, including a return check;
• cash receipt correction.

How to choose an online cash register software?

Cash programs are conditionally divided into several types:

1. low-cost solutions that offer only the necessary functions to comply with 54-FZ;
2. low-cost solutions with additional functionality (management of discounts, report on the best-selling items, etc.);
3. solutions with the ability to integrate with the inventory system (for accounting for the movement of positions in the warehouse, inventory) and CRM-system (for managing customer relationships);
4. multifunctional programs written specifically for large retail chains;
5. mobile solutions for online store couriers so that they can also send electronic receipts.

It is logical that for different types businesses fit individual solutions. Consider in the table the functionality that is necessary for different types of points of sale.

Functions of online cash desk software depending on the type of trade

As can be seen from the table, small retailers (stalls, shops) do not care what program is at the checkout: entrepreneurs just need to follow the formalities and issue a check.

However, for those who own a separate store that makes at least 10-20 sales per day, it is already important to understand sales statistics and the most popular items, as well as use online checkout data when inventorying.

Small networks, among other things, need to manage promotions and discounts, combine cash register data and CRM systems.

Online stores need a separate functionality. They will probably need software that is compatible with the mobile checkout, or the installation mobile applications on smartphones of couriers.

Also in online commerce, it is beneficial to use one checkout to print paper receipts at a retail outlet and issue electronic receipts for online purchases.

Software developers offer a free trial period to evaluate the convenience of working with the program. During this time (it can last somewhere around 7-14 days), you can evaluate the functions of the software and the quality of service.

After all, high-quality technical support in an IT service is important point, which you need to pay attention to when choosing a program for working with cash registers. The free version of the software is not a reason to refuse support and advice.