Norway Tax Auditors Want To Open Source Cash Registers To Combat Fraud 161
Qedward writes "The Norwegian Ministry of Finance seems to be taking a bit of stick at the moment. It wants all the existing cash registers in the country thrown out and replaced with new ones. Not surprisingly, this massive upgrade is not popular. But it is apparently being pushed through in an attempt to prevent cash registers' figures being massaged downwards in use so as to reduce tax. The Norwegian association of tax auditors said: 'The source code must be opened.' 'Without source code it is not possible to determine whether or "hidden" functionality exists or not. Just knowing that the tax authorities have access to the source code of the application, will reduce the effort to implement hidden functionality in the software.'"
Re:Just releasing the source may not fix it (Score:4, Funny)
If you think this is about efficient use of government money ... you've not been to these countries.
This is about punishing "employers", finding an excuse to nail a few of them to the nearest cross (and then afterwards complaining that everybody is raising prices and only big companies that bribe government survive). And, more general, punishing anyone perceived as a capitalist. People who trade for a living in public places are of course straight in front of the leftist's gun barrel.
It is not about money, beyond the level that is required for the state to survive (and given that the state has been living on >100% borrowed money for decades, ...)
Re:Of course, It begs the question... (Score:0, Funny)
Aren't you a proud piece of shit, working for the man. People are assholes, nobody should on their own volition work as a government agent of any type since that only means they are pieces of shit, but they do and so they are.