Tax Service conducts 24,000 inspections in field of tobacco and alcohol circulation since year start and imposed fines for UAH 795 million

The Tax Service has conducted 24,000 actual inspections in the field of tobacco and alcohol circulation since the beginning of the year.

This is stated in the report of the Tax Service, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

Fines for detected violations amounted to over UAH 795 million, more than 2,500 licenses were canceled.

The most common violations: circulation of goods without excise tax stamps or with counterfeit stamps, production and sale without licenses, sale without issuing checks, sale of unaccounted goods, etc.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the State Tax Service reduced the number of actual inspections by a third in August.

The State Tax Service carries out tax control taking into account the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to introduce legal and organizational measures regarding a moratorium on groundless inspections and interference by state bodies in business activities and exclusively taking into account a risk-based approach and in the presence of high levels of risk.