The EKA project in Lithuania is now in the spotlight. Another updated technical document has been published on the tax authority’s official website. It represents an evaluation (demo) environment functionalities and dates document as part of documents related to the electronic cash market subsystem's "remote registration and change of status of the cash market and other points of sale" e-service project. It is an important document for the manufacturers and service companies of new models of cash registers, which must fulfill additional mandatory requirements.
A new technical document with an updated XML structure has been published in Lithuania
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This document contains i.EKA functionalities and their activation dates in the i.EKA evaluation (DEMO) environment. Furthermore, you'll be able to find the main functionalities of the new system, explanations of mandatory certificates that must be used, features of the new system, obligations of service companies, and much more. The document can be found here: Source: https://www.vmi.lt/evmi/i.eka?inheritRedirect=true. In relation to this, it also published an updated version of "Description of the XML structure of the i.EKA data file for a cash register operating with a security module."
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