Representatives of the gaming business in Volyn indicate in their tax declarations that they are operating at a loss. There are also cases where machines operate in the region but do not pay a single kopeck in taxes to the regional budget because they are registered in other regions. This was reported to the Western Information Corporation on November 15 by the acting head of the State Tax Administration in the region, Myroslava Konechna.
In the near future, tax officials in Volyn will conduct inspections of gaming machines to determine whether they are indeed operating at a loss. They will also check cases where gaming machines are located in Volyn but the revenue from them goes outside the region, because patents for conducting the gaming business were issued to their owners by structures from other regions.
The acting head of the State Tax Administration in the region stated that during the fourth quarter, tax officials will conduct inspections of "one-day firms," and will also inspect nine enterprises out of 22 that have a turnover exceeding 200 million hryvnias. Based on the results of these inspections, tax officials forecast million-hryvnia additional assessments and even the opening of criminal cases.
Currently in Volyn, as Myroslava Konechna noted, about 77% of tax collections consists of voluntary tax payment, 12% (about 64 million hryvnias) – forced collection based on the results of tax inspections.