Following the lifting of the legislative ban, the State Tax Service has published a schedule of approximately 1,000 documentary scheduled tax audits of taxpayers for August-December 2023, affecting a number of major players in their markets.
According to the data published on the agency’s website, the list includes, in particular, the oil market companies Neftekhimik Prykarpattya, several companies from the OKKO group, Avantazh-7, Naftogaz Oil Trading, Glusko Retail, Sokar-Ukraine Trading House, and Ukrtransnafta.
The list also includes other representatives of the fuel and energy sector, including the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine, Bila Tserkva and Odesa CHP, Kharkiv CHP-5, Ukrainian Drilling Company, Clear Energy, and Ternopilmiskgaz.
A significant number of companies on the list represent producers of alcoholic beverages: “Obolon, Global Spirit Group, Radomyshl Brewery and First Private Brewery, Zlatogor, Carlsberg Ukraine, Koblevo, Shabo, Odesavinprom, Poltavapivo, Mykulynetsky Brewery, and Kvass Beverages.
The list also includes some representatives of the food industry and distribution: “Ukrainian Dairy Company, a subsidiary of Lviv Kholodokombinat, Chernihiv Confectionery Factory Strila, MHP-Retail, Fozzy Commerce, and Kremenchukmeat.
Other industries on the list include transport companies (e.g., Ukrrichflot and its branches, Pride), health centers (e.g., Rixos-Prykarpattia), catering establishments (e.g., Kumpel Brewery, Sushiya, Dominos Pizza Ukraine), and tobacconists (e.g., JT International).
The list also includes the Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill, Avtomagistral-Pivden, and the Central Mining and Processing Plant.
A separate section of the list contains almost a hundred financial market representatives. Among them are 17 banks, including Ukrgasbank, Vostok, Alliance, Globus, Ukrainian Capital, RVS, Piraeus Bank ICB, First Investment Bank, and 15 insurance companies.
In addition, the list includes some financial companies, including Business Loan, Miloan, Manifesto, Globalmani, Contract House, Investrum, Sun-Rise Finance, and TAS Asset Management, an asset management company.
The list also includes gambling companies, both those that have been sanctioned – Parimatch, Pointlotto, PokerMatch.UA – and those that continue to operate in the market, such as the betting company Favbet and Favbet Game Slots, and Wave 444. They are largely included in a separate list of about 30 companies being inspected for payment of personal income tax, military duty, and unified social tax.
The State Tax Service has also approved a list of 256 individuals who will also undergo scheduled documentary audits in September-December this year.
