565.7 million UAH of fines was additionally accrued to business entities for violations in the fuel turnover

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 31 January 2022 at 11:50 Chapter: News

In order to stop illegal activities in the fuel and lubricants trade and ensure transparency of economic activity in the fuel market and prevent tax evasion, the State Tax Service of Ukraine exercises control over business entities involved in the fuel retail.

Information from various sources is used, particularly appeals from citizens, public organizations and local governments. STS also carries out own analytical work based on the reporting data analysis submitted by business entities.

Actual audits were conducted by territorial divisions of the STS in order to prevent and detect legislative violations committed by taxpayers in the fuel turnover in 2021.

Fines (financial sanctions) totaling 565.7 million UAH were applied to business entities according to consideration results of the actual audit materials.

In addition, according to results of control and audit measures, employees of territorial divisions of actual audits initiated seizure of 1013.3 thousand liters of fuel for 27.3 million UAH, namely:

- diesel fuel – 545.4 thousand liters for 14.4 million UAH;

- gasoline A-92 – 75.7 thousand liters for 2 million UAH;

- gasoline A-95 – 310 thousand liters for 9.5 million UAH;

- liquefied gas – 82.2 thousand liters for 1.4 million UAH.

Employees of the STS initiated termination of 98 illegal gas stations and seizure of 229 pieces of equipment used to illegally sell fuel totaling 20.2 million UAH.

For effective control over business entities involved in the retail fuel trade and to ensure completeness of excise tax revenues to local budgets, it is recommended to notify the State Tax Service in case of information regarding such cases of non-compliance with Ukrainian legislation to the e-mail post@tax.gov.ua.

For comprehensive and high-quality consideration of citizens’ appeals, please indicate the following in appeals, if possible: address the gas station, name (title) of business entity, type of purchased fuel with supporting documents (if any) or any other information that can be used during audit measures.

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