Cargando...The months of April and May mark important moments in the organization of wholesale and retail commercialization by non-state economic actors, mainly self-employed workers (TCP, in Spanish), a process that has its ups and downs in the municipal capital of the province of Santiago de Cuba.
According to Yoanis Gracial Kindelán, head of the Non-State Employment Department of the Labor and Social Security Directorate in the municipality of Santiago de Cuba, «of the 28,031 self-employed workers who had to re-register or update their work project as of September 2024, only 82 percent complied with the procedure.
«The deadline to do so was April 30, but we urge those who have not done so to come to our offices located on San Francisco 410 between Calvario and Carniceria.
«In the case of the self-employed who had included wholesale and retail commercialization in their projects, a total of 4,316, all of them have already gone to bring their projects into compliance, while as of May 7, they can only exercise retail trade».
Gracial Kindelán commented that despite the interest of the staff of the Municipal Directorate of Labor and Security in providing prompt service to the self-employed workers, material conditions beyond their control, such as the lack of computer resources, problems with connectivity to operate on the computer platform, as well as the lack of electricity due to the current electricity situation in the country, cause ups and downs in the service they provide.
Several self-employed workers interviewed by this reporter confirmed what was said and showed their displeasure, to which they added the terrible conditions of the premises, with architectural barriers, lack of seating and adequate ventilation and lighting, leading to crowding on narrow sidewalks.
The turmoil, the delay, even the «selling of shifts» by queue professionals are also affecting the administration of the Central Trade Registry Office in Santiago de Cuba, where the self-employed who practice activities regulated by the Ministry of Internal Trade (gastronomic, personal, technical, commercial services, among others) must go to obtain a trade license.
In a conversation with Lisandra Hernández Oro, we learned that this is a single office, without representation in the other eight municipalities, with five employees to serve not only self-employed workers, but also government entities, micro, small and medium enterprises, and non-agricultural cooperatives.
According to Hernández Oro, the search for alternatives and ways to make the process of obtaining a license less cumbersome has been in the collective’s interest, although there is dissatisfaction with the queues and delays in the process among those who go there.
«We have 44,012 self-employed registered in the platform throughout the province,» said the Director of the Commercial Registry, «and starting this week, thanks to the collaboration of several authorities in these areas, part of our staff will move to the different municipalities to facilitate access to the service we provide.
«It is also important for people to know that the office’s email address (rccsantiagodecuba@cinetcu) is available and working, and if they use it, they no longer need to be in person to make the request.
If you use this method, write in the subject line «Payment of self-employed persons» and in the body of the message your name, surname, ID card number and attach the QR code of the tax account».
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Periodista cubana. Máster en Ciencias de la Comunicación. Profesora Auxiliar de la Universidad de Oriente. Guionista de radio y televisión.
