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> Yes, they need to record transactions (in some cases live for tax purposes)...

I'm pretty sure there was a time all these were handled without internet connection. it's just as society we decided that resilient fallback methods are undesirabled because of [insert of favourite regulatory rule]




Or that tax avoidance is harder if POS have to directly report information live to the tax authority, and reducing tax avoidance is a good thing.


"who will think of the taxes!"




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