State Fiscal Service: Kyivstar and Philip Morris failed to pay UAH 6,4 billion in taxes.

gfsThe State Fiscal Service is demanding that Ukraine's largest mobile operator, Kyivstar, and the domestic tobacco giant, Philip Morris, pay UAH 6,4 billion in taxes to the budget, according to a weekly newspaper. Mirror of the week.

During an unscheduled audit, the State Financial Inspectorate reportedly discovered over 4 billion hryvnias in revenue accruing to Kyivstar's accounts in 2013-2014. However, tax authorities were unable to determine the origin of this profit. The State Fiscal Service interpreted this profit as non-repayable financial assistance received from the Yanukovych-era government. However, Kyivstar disagreed with this interpretation and filed a lawsuit. Meanwhile, tax authorities referred the case of illegal profit-making to the prosecutor's office, where the mobile operator's debt to the state grew to 2,3 billion hryvnias.

The State Fiscal Service also assessed UAH 4,1 billion in fines against Philip Morris Ukraine, Ukraine's largest tobacco company. According to the tax authorities, between 2015 and 2016, the corporation imported raw materials into Ukraine under sales contracts. These were then placed under the customs regime of processing and exported from Ukraine as finished goods. The tax authorities assert that a sales contract cannot serve as the basis for such transactions. The tobacco company, for its part, calls the State Fiscal Service's position unfounded.

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