UK plans to require electronic and mobile POS software to comply with standards to combat electronic sales suppression fraud

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The UK government is preparing to introduce mandatory software standards for electronic and mobile POS systems to reduce the scope for businesses to commit electronic sales suppression fraud by tampering with or deleting sales records. HMRC said it will propose technical solutions in a further consultation, which may involve digital signatures, hashes, encrypted transaction chains, standardized data exports, and software certification or registration; the specific technical model and implementation date have not yet been determined.