Tax authorities of the Vitebsk region detected 240 violations of excisable goods turnover in the first quarter

April 29, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Tax inspectorates of the Vitebsk region in January-March 2009 detected 240 violations of the legislation regulating the production and circulation of excisable goods, the inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties for the Vitebsk region informed a BELTA correspondent. Based on the results of control work, excisable goods and revenue from their sale totaling over Br140 million were converted to state revenue. In addition, tax payments of Br750 million were additionally accrued to the budget based on the results of inspections of business entities engaged in the production and circulation of excisable goods. 30 legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, 13 officials of enterprises and organizations, as well as 195 citizens were brought to administrative responsibility. The amount of fines amounted to almost Br200 million. Tax inspectorates sent 8 submissions to licensing authorities for the revocation of licenses of business entities that violated the legislation. The majority of violations are related to the illegal movement of excisable goods into the territory of Belarus. During operational raid work, tax inspectors, together with law enforcement agencies, seized almost 1 ton of alcohol, beer and non-food alcohol-containing products, about 2 tons of petroleum products, and over 200 thousand pieces of tobacco products worth a total of Br46 million. -0-