Fake checks instead of fiscal ones: large-scale scheme exposed in the meat retail chain

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 23 March 2026 at 15:10 Chapter: News

Tax authorities detect manipulation of settlement documents in the meat and meat products retail chain. One of the major taxpayers was exposed for using scheme to replace real checks with imitations.

During March, tax officials repeatedly carried out control purchases in the chain’s stores to check compliance with legal requirements. During such operations, buyers got documents that looked like fiscal checks, but were actually not registered through the registrars of settlement transactions.

Part of the sales were carried out "in the shadows" – without recording through the RRO and without proper taxation.

Violations were also confirmed during actual audits. In each point of sale, tax officials found two devices for printing checks: one was used to generate official fiscal documents, the other to create simulated ones using special software.

Audits are currently ongoing. Based on their results, fines (financial sanctions) will be applied to the payer, and collected materials will be transferred to the law enforcement agencies to provide legal assessment of the officials’ actions.

Such manipulations with fiscal checks not only violate the law, but also create unequal conditions for honest business and cause losses to the budget.