The tax authorities started checking online stores. Monitor Facebook and Instagram
During inspections in September-October, the State Tax Service revealed numerous facts of online sales without state registration and use of cash registers/PTRs. This also applies to the sale of goods through Facebook and Instagram, the press service of the Tax Service reported.
In particular:
- an online store in Kyiv was selling Apple equipment without using cash registers/PTRs and issuing the relevant payment documents;
- in Kyiv region, an online store sold cosmetics on the Prom.ua platform through the LiqPay money transfer service without using a payment transaction recorder and issuing a check;
- In Khmelnytsky region, eight cases of online trading without registration and payment of taxes were recorded, and the offenders were fined;
- In Zhytomyr, an online store sold power tools, although the seller was not registered as a sole proprietor;
- In Dnipropetrovs’k region, tax authorities will check 100 websites selling goods.
The tax authority reminded that trading without state registration is punishable by a fine of up to UAH 85,000 with confiscation of products, tools, raw materials and money obtained as a result of an administrative violation.
If it is not possible to identify the traders and the addresses from which the goods are shipped, the tax authorities contact the police.
Starting from October 1, 2023, fines for businesses for trading without cash registers have been returned in Ukraine. Read more about this in the analysis of cash registers, PRROs and fines. Why sole proprietors have faced payment problems since October.
