State Tax Administration yesterday proposed to impose state control over the production of tobacco products by analogy with the distillery, which employ tax positions, as well as increase the rate of import duty on tobacco. This should not prevent the increase in volumes of counterfeit products and the reduction of budget revenues. Members of the tobacco market, such changes do not support.

Tax officers are planning to complicate the illegal manufacture of tobacco products. Legislation does not provide for state control over production and issuance of cigarettes. In this regard, the State Tax Administration (Tax Administration) is going to initiate changes in the law "On state regulation of production and trade of ethyl, cognac and fruit, alcohol and tobacco products, imposing tax on the production of posts, by analogy with distilleries, where the State Tax Administration monitors the shipment of alcohol , said yesterday, head of management methodology Administration excise STAU Love Migunova.

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proposed and the rate of import duty on raw tobacco. Now import of tobacco is taxed at zero rate, because with the final product will be charged excise tax. And bring in raw materials can be both producers and entrepreneurs who do not have facilities for the production of cigarettes.

"The direction of commodity no one keeps track, causing it can be used for illegal production. And the revenue could decline due to increased turnover of shadow" - Migunova explained, adding that in 2009 imports of raw tobacco has increased. According to the State Customs, the import of raw tobacco declined in weight by 10,8 thousand tons (up to 61,15 thousand tons), the cost - at $ 10.58 million (up to $ 272.35 million).

interlocutor in the Finance Ministry said that such changes are inexpedient, as a catastrophic surge in smuggling was not fixed. According to the State Tax Administration, in 2009 confiscated contraband in the regime of exports and imports at 14.6 million UAH.

According to participants in the tobacco market, such amendments to the legislation will negatively affect their activities, as well as implement them in practice impossible. Communications Manager of the tobacco companies "JTI-Ukraine" Ekaterina Drought noted that the production process is rejected (because of the high-speed equipment torn paper), so to speak, how many cigarettes would be produced, for example, 1 ton of raw material, can not even the manufacturer.

In addition, tobacco companies are outraged proposal to raise the import duty, which means double taxation, while even in te61he EU imports of tobacco is taxed at zero rate. "The new regulation will mean new opportunities for corruption", - says the manager of Corporate Affairs for Imperial Tobacco Ukraine "Yuriy intestine. According to the drought, the proposed methods do not solve the problems of counterfeiting products. In "JTI-Ukraine" offers to allow importation of tobacco raw material only if the license to produce tobacco, which is possible only if the full cycle of production and laboratories. "Only in this case we can say with confidence that the purchased raw materials will go to legal proceedings.

There is no such control, to import raw materials can be any company, "- said the drought. agreed with her gut." It is better to control the processing of raw materials, because it can only do manufacturers have licensed, "- he said.

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