The authorities of the municipality of Centro Habana closed 15 private establishments, imposed 363 fines, executed 11 forced sales, and revoked two licenses in a single day of inspection, according to the Government of Havana as reported through its social media this Thursday.
The Vice President of Global Economy Ana Regla Marrero presented the results before the Municipal Administration Council: in total, 232 economic actors were inspected on August 13 in that capital municipality.
Among the most common deficiencies identified by the multidisciplinary team are the refusal to accept electronic transfers, the setting of abusive or speculative prices, the lack of visible prices, and outdated work projects.
The authorities also pointed out as an infringement the use of QR codes linked to personal accounts instead of tax bank accounts, a practice they directly qualify as "tax evasion."
The operation in Centro Habana is part of an offensive of inspections that the regime launched in August in each municipality of the capital, following the announcement at the beginning of the month regarding the possibility of closures of up to three months for repeat offenders.
On Monday, the National Office of Tax Administration (ONAT) had already closed several establishments in Centro Habana for refusing to accept electronic payments, including a business located on Neptuno between Aramburu and Soledad.
Days before, an inspection at Plaza de la Revolución had resulted in 61 fines, seven project withdrawals, and 25 forced sales in a single day, according to the official portal lahabana.gob.cu.
The campaign is not limited to the capital. On the same Thursday, in Sancti Spíritus, more than 200 fines were issued along with at least five closures for price violations and irregular use of payment gateways. Meanwhile, days earlier, a barber from Cauto Cristo, in Granma, was fined 16,000 pesos —nearly five minimum wages— for failing to present invoices for blades and talc sent from abroad by family members.
The legal framework supporting these actions is Decree-Law 91/2024, which requires self-employed individuals, micro, small, and medium enterprises, and cooperatives to operate with electronic channels and tax bank accounts, under the penalty of fines ranging from 40 to 100 quotas, as well as suspension or cancellation of licenses.
At the national level, the IV National Fiscal Control Exercise, conducted in February 2026, reported 1,085 control actions, 249 million pesos in determined debts, 174 fines exceeding six million pesos, 320 closures, and 11 small and medium-sized enterprises seized.
Entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals have reported that inspectors operate with imposed quotas for fines they must meet, in a context of severe economic crisis where each sanction can represent several months' worth of income for a self-employed worker.
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