The State Tax Service carried out 186 actual inspections of filling stations, following which it imposed fines for UAH 83.4 million.
“In March this year, 186 actual inspections of filling stations were carried out, as a result of which UAH 83.4 million of fines were imposed. Also, 237,300 liters of fuel from illegal turnover for a total of UAH 5.4 million were seized,” the service said on its website.
As a result of the inspections, the tax office stopped the operation of ten filling stations and seized 40 units of equipment for UAH 4.8 million.
According to the service, among the main violations are trade in unaccounted excisable goods, transitions without the use of payment transactions recorders and sale of excisable goods without licenses. The tax authority also points to such violations regarding fuel storage as the lack of registration in the Unified State Register of flow meters and level meters of fuel in a place for which a license for storing fuel for the own needs or industrial processing has not been obtained.
