STS: counteraction against illicit fuel trafficking is one of the working priority

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 21 October 2021 at 10:30 Chapter: News

State Tax Service of Ukraine conducts constant monitoring and analysis of activities of economic entities involved in the retail sale of fuel through gas stations.

According to the analysis results of submitted to the STS reports, the number of 594 gas stations was identified, where income proceeds from the fuel sale and  received income are less than the minimum costs for maintenance of such trading facilities. This may indicate a significant share of the shadow turnover of cash and fuel at the gas stations of individual economic entities.

Therefore, in order to reduce their number and remove from illicit fuel turnover, the STS has organized control and audit measures for such gas stations, as today the counteraction against illicit fuel turnover is one of the STS’s working priority areas.

STS in conduction of the specified measures in 3 months (from June to September 2021) managed to reduce the number of low-profit gas stations by 24% and doubled income from the sale of fuel by economic entities in this group.

In addition, fines amounting to more than 46 million UAH were applied to economic entities – violators.

STS’s work in this direction will be continued.

At the same time, please note that declaring low income from the fuel sale at gas stations is one of the main risks, which indicate the need to organize and conduct actual audits by the STS and its bodies at such trade facilities.

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