Faces a fine of over 1 million hryvnias: An underground network of purified water vending machines has been uncovered in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
8 June 00:21
The Tax Service of Khmelnytskyi Oblast has uncovered a large-scale scheme involving the illegal sale of purified water. The owner of a network of vending machines operated “under the table,” ignoring the requirements of tax legislation, for which he will now be forced to pay a fine of over one million hryvnias. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Main Department of the State Tax Service in the Khmelnytskyi region.
The violations were identified during inspection and verification activities conducted by tax service specialists.
According to the audit, the vending machine network operated without proper registration. Specifically, the equipment was not registered as taxable assets through which business activities are conducted.
In addition, during the sale of purified water, payment transactions with consumers were conducted without the use of cash registers (CRs or PRRs), and buyers were not issued fiscal receipts.
The tax service notes that the business was effectively operating outside the rules established by law. Economic activities were not properly reflected in tax records, which served as grounds for imposing financial penalties.
For the violations identified, the chain’s owner faces a fine of over 1 million hryvnias.
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