In Ternopil at the enterprise-importer,who "bypassed" the payment of excise tax,the withdrawn tobacco 68.7 ton
as part of the operations "Limit" and "Excise" the State fiscal service carried out activities aimed at counteraction to crimes in the sphere of foreign economic activity and the shadow economy of excisable products. It is worth noting that violation of tax laws in terms of calculation and payment of excise tax are not only during carrying out illegal activities on the territory of Ukraine. Such facts are identified and during the course of participants of foreign economic activity. The other day the staff of tax police of the Main Directorate of DFS in Ternopil region established the fact of evasion officials of the company, the main activity is manufacture of tobacco products, from paying to the budget the excise tax in the amount of 26.7 million. On this occasion the first Deputy head of the Department DFS in region Vitaly Duma held a briefing for journalists of the local media . "In the beginning of this year the company imported 68.7 tonnes of raw tobacco. According to the norms of the Tax code of Ukraine in the import of tobacco raw materials shall be calculated and paid to the budget the excise tax at the rate of 399 UAH 84 kop. per 1 kg. However, at the time of customs clearance by officials of enterprises importing illegally applied the privilege on payment of the excise tax," he told reporters during the event, Vitaly thought. The tax code of Ukraine stipulates that the operation of the import into the customs territory of Ukraine of tobacco raw materials are exempt from the excise taxation in the event that if the importer later uses in her own economic activities for the production of tobacco products (cigarettes, cigarettes, tobacco for Smoking). Vitaly Romanovich noted that the specified entity declared main activity manufacture of tobacco products and appropriate license, as required by law, has not received, and therefore had no right to use right to tax the excise tax privileges. On this fact began criminal proceedings as regards 3 articles 212 of the Criminal code of Ukraine (deliberate evasion of taxes in especially large sizes). Raw tobacco in the amount of 68.7 ton $ 5, 6 million USD the staff of tax police withdrew. During a pretrial investigation the investigator made the request for the seizure of raw tobacco, which the court granted. Pre-judicial investigation proceeds. It is worth mentioning that the Ukrainian Criminal code for intentional tax evasion are subject to criminal liability in the form of a fine ranging from 255 to 425 thousand UAH thousand UAH, with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term up to three years with confiscation of property. Since the beginning of the year the staff of tax police of area from illegal turnover seized excisable goods in the amount of 6 million hryvnas. Completed the investigation and sent to court 3 criminal proceedings concerning 4 individuals who engaged in illegal manufacture and sale of adulterated excisable goods. The Department of organization of work in the SE DFS in Ternopil region This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
