Madrid/The owner of Todotuti left Cuba. The store, located in the municipality of October ten, in Havana, received an inspection from the authorities after a client complained that the employee denied her card payment, but the visit revealed a good amount of irregularities that the owner would have to take charge. The problem is that it is no longer.
“The Commission of Inspectors and Specialists indicated that the holder must be presented within seven days in the Provincial Directorate of Commerce of Havana, located on Calle 33 between Avenida de Paseo and Calle A, Plaza de la Revolución, with all the original documentation that supports the work activity on your own,” says Havana Tribune, that has revealed this case that threatens to go more.
The story began last week, when a neighbor of Arroyo Naranjo left a comment in a note from the official press counting his shopping experience. “When trying to make a purchase in an establishment located on Finlay 910 Street, between Gestrudis and Lagueruela, municipality of October ten, he found a resounding negative: ‘Here we did not accept transfers,’ said the clerk when he tried to pay her purchase of soft drinks and confitures for her grandchildren,” says the medium.
“When trying to make a purchase at an establishment located on Finlay 910, between Gestrudis and Lagueruela, municipality of October ten, he found a resounding negative”
The complaint captured – in this case – the attention of the authorities, who quickly sent an inspection to verify what happened. A store worker indicated that, in effect, it is impossible to make transfer payments and the reason is that trade does not have a fiscal account.
But being in the place many other violations of the law were found. Among them, the lack of documentation of all kinds. There was no health license, or request for marketed products, nor proof of tax payment … nor, of course, holder, “for being residing in the United States”, and without designated representatives in Cuba.
The contravention of up to three standards, has meant, at the outset, a fine of 30,000 pesos, in addition to the closing of the premises for seven days. If this measure is breached, they affirm, a process will be opened for the crime of disobedience.
Failure not only affect bureaucratic issues, but other violations more linked to the health. The establishment had several items for sale with expired expiration date and the newspaper illustrates it with images of products such as mango jam and sorbeto Renata. The fact that the store violated the price stops imposed by the authorities is also underlined. “They charged the pound [de pollo troceado] 350 pesos, ”says the medium.
Havana Tribune It emphasizes that the operation “shows the importance of maintaining a rigorous control system in commercial establishments, musemes or self -employed workers, in order to ensure that current regulations are respected, and consumers’ rights are protected,” however, reactions have reproached that sometimes act with disparate criteria.
“It is one of the largest barbarities I have read. Everything is out of the law and they put a fine of 30,000, which in a ratic do. They do not pay taxes, the owner left Cuba and does not live here and nobody represents it …”, regrets a commentator.
“It is one of the biggest barbarities I have read. Everything is out of the law and they put a fine of 30,000, which in a ratic do it”
“Do not make me laugh, you and the Government know that there is no chicken at 312 pesos, the chicken is 360 upwards. And, in terms of transfers, another chaos. You will have to display an inspection per block, because in order not to be absolute almost no mipyme, TCP and others accept transfer, because then that money you cannot extract in cash from the banks or cashiers by regulations of the same state, you also know it, you also know it, another denounces.
Banking remains a pending subject two years after, in August 2023, the Central Bank of Cuba approved several provisions to promote it, due to the shortage of tickets in the country. Among them, cash withdrawals were limited and all economic actors were forced to offer an electronic payment means to customers, which in turn should result in greater control of the operations and reduction of fraud, but in commerce the cash continues to prevail.
