Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine have established new facts of offenses and informed the former acting first Deputy Head of the Board of PJSC "Ukrtatnafta" of a new suspicion of deliberate evasion of another 687 million UAH of excise tax.

The investigation established that the officials of PJSC Ukrtatnafta in February 2022 sold the produced fuel to buyers and ignoring the norms of the law, independently determined the amounts of tax liabilities for the payment of excise tax.

The management of the company did not ensure the submission of the declaration and payment of the excise tax which led to the non-receipt of funds to the State Budget of Ukraine in particularly large amounts.

Tax payment did not take place knowing for sure about the availability of a sufficient amount of funds in the accounts of PJSC "Ukrtatnafta". Thus, as of April 2, 2022 excise tax arrears in the amount of over UAH 687 million arose.

Later in order to hide the crime and avoid responsibility the company's officials sent letters to the State Tax Service of Ukraine and other state bodies regarding the impossibility of proper tax and accounting records as a result of injuries received during the armed aggression of the russian federation and the republic of belarus.

The mentioned debt is also confirmed by the expert's opinion and the results of the forensic economic examination.

As previously reported, officials used the same scheme in January 2022. Former acting the first deputy in a preliminary conspiracy with the chief accountant, committed a violation of tax legislation and deliberately evaded the payment of excise tax for more than UAH 605 million for January 2022.

Detectives of the ESBU in the case of "Ukrnafta" and "Ukrtatnafta" have already ensured compensation of UAH 605 million. The funds have already been transferred to the State Budget.

The pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the grounds of a criminal offense provided for in Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (deliberate tax evasion) is carried out by the detectives of the ESBU under the operational support of SSU employees under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office.

We will remind you that recently detectives of the ESBU seized oil products of "Ukrnafta" and "Ukrtatnafta" worth almost UAH 800 million. Currently, the seized oil products are blocked in order to avoid possible illegal sale. The issue of the further transfer of fuel for the needs of the Armed Forces is being resolved.