New excise stamps enabling to control the turnover of alcoholic drinks better will be introduced by the end of 2010

New excise stamps enabling to control the turnover of alcoholic drinks better will be introduced by the end of 2010. It was said at the meeting between representatives of the state structures responsible for control and investigations and economic subjects engaged in production, import and sale of strong alcoholic drinks held at the Chief State Tax Inspection (CSTI).

The CSTI’s head Nicolai Platon said the trade with alcoholic drinks with tax evasion caused damage not only to the state budget but also encourages the disloyal competition.

He emphasized the CSTI’s readiness to meet taxpayers halfway on condition that they observe legal norms, otherwise, the severest measures will be applied against them.

Nicolai Platon presented data on budget’s losses due to the tax evasion. In 2008, VAT in the amount of 7 million 963 thousand leis was paid out of the total amount of supplies of 470 million 022 thousand leis, that is 1.69%, while in 2009, only 18.5 million leis of VAT out of the total amount of about 353 million 999 thousand leis were received by the budget, making up 5.23%.

Representatives of the Center for fighting economic crimes and corruption and of the Ministry of Home Affairs presented the tax evasion schemes.

It was decided at the sitting to set up a workgroup to assist economic agents to observe the tax legislation and on the revision, with taxpayers participating, of the legal norms regulating activity in this field.