Is it illegal to promote pos machines?

It is not illegal to sell pos machines. The law does not stipulate that it is illegal to sell pos machines. According to the principle of a legally prescribed punishment for a crime, if the law does not stipulate that it is a crime, it cannot be convicted and punished. Moreover, pos machines are just a means of payment. It should be legal for the actor to sell pos machines normally. If it is fraudulent sales, it is suspected of committing fraud. In this case, it should be illegal.

It is generally not illegal to sell pos machines, but the company must have the right to sell or a business license. If you don't have the right to operate, it is illegal. At the same time, it is considered illegal to cash out or provide criminal tools by using POS machines.

POS machines are allowed to be sold by themselves, but only if the company has the right to sell them and must be authorized or within its own business license. If the company has no right to operate, it is illegal. At the same time, if you use POS machines to cash out, it is considered illegal and criminal.

POS(Point of sales), which means "point of sale" in Chinese, is a terminal reader equipped with barcode or OCR code technology, and has the function of teller of cash or barter bank. Its main task is to provide data services and management functions for commodity and media transactions, and to carry out non-cash settlement. POS is a multifunctional terminal. It can be installed in special merchants and acceptance outlets of credit cards, and connected with computers to realize automatic transfer of electronic funds. It has the functions of supporting consumption, pre-authorization, balance inquiry and transfer, and is safe, fast and reliable to use. It is difficult to obtain basic business information for bulk transactions, and the introduction of POS system is mainly to solve the blind spot of retail information management. An important part of chain branch management information system.

Functional use

Suitable for large and medium-sized supermarkets, chain stores, hypermarkets, large and medium-sized hotels and all high-level retail enterprises.

With the function of IC card, you can use membership card to issue IC cards and securities internally.

You can talk and show off.

Can be connected with a variety of peripherals such as scanning guns and printers.

It has the management functions of front-end and back-end sales, warehousing and distribution of large supermarket chains.

The catering type has the function of catering service, and can be externally connected with various peripherals such as multiple kitchen printers and handheld ordering machines.

It can realize unattended remote communication and data download with PC.

It has the function of Ethernet communication, and constitutes the real-time management system of the head office and branch network through ADSL broadband.

Use classification

1. Financial POS machines are mainly used in banking systems such as UnionPay business system, commercial banks and local credit cooperatives.

2. Non-financial POS machines can be widely used in members, chains and franchisees of all sizes and types; Catering and entertainment enterprises, automobile maintenance centers, cosmetics stores, tourist attractions and other fields.

Classification by user

1. enterprise POS machine: enterprise withdrawal is to queue up at the bank to fill in information to withdraw money, with high rate, corresponding to enterprise account, and complicated procedures.

2. Personal POS machine: Personal withdrawals can be made at ATMs with lower rates, corresponding to personal accounts, and the procedures are simple.

According to the Notice on Promoting Fiscal Cash Registers and Strengthening Tax Source Monitoring jointly issued by State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information Industry and General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (Guo Shui Fa [2004]No.), all large retail malls, supermarkets, hypermarkets and large chain fast food industries that use POS system, MIS system or ERP system for enterprise management and financial management should not use fiscal cash registers because of their relatively sound accounting and high investment in system construction. Moreover, tax-controlled cash registers cannot replace enterprise management and financial management. Therefore, the tax control reform should be implemented after the relevant national standards are promulgated.

legal ground

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

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If the law expressly stipulates that it is a criminal act, it shall be convicted and punished according to law; If the law does not clearly stipulate that it is a criminal act, it shall not be convicted and punished.

Article 266

Whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.