💠The State Revenue Committee annually carries out verification activities aimed at monitoring compliance with legislation in the field of production, storage, transportation, sale and accounting of excisable goods.
Thus, in 2024, a number of significant cases of violations were recorded, including major incidents by manufacturers of alcoholic products.
💠One of the largest was the case with manufacturer of alcoholic products, who, according to preliminary data, evaded paying excise duties in the amount of more than 3 billion tenge. A tax audit is currently conducting, during which the violator will be required to compensate the full extent.
Also, during the measures taken to combat the shadow market, the state revenue bodies identified illegal excisable products, including:
Alcohol: more than 1.9 million liters of illegal alcohol were detected in 2,462 inspections, which is three times more than in 2023.
Tobacco products: as a result of inspections, 116 cases of illegal trade were recorded, 16.6 million packs of counterfeit cigarettes were seized, which is 17% more than last year.
Petroleum products: 480 cases of shadow sale of fuel were identified, 34.5 thousand tons of petroleum products totaling 7.9 billion tenge were seized, 591.4 million tenge of income from illegal activities were confiscated by judicial bodies, and fines i of 25.3 million tenge were imposed.
💠 Thus, the SRC emphasizes that the fight against illegal turnover of excisable products will goes on, and control over producing and turnover of excisable products will only increase, and if violations are detected, persons at fault shall be subject to liability in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.