Sold to OLX. New “letters of happiness” from the tax

Three thousand Ukrainians have already received so -called “letters of happiness” from the tax due to internet sales.

Ukrainians began to widely receive so -called “Happiness letters” from state tax service. The regulator asks people to come and explain the source of their funds. That is, the tax began to suspect citizens in conducting business activities without registering FLP, which provides court claims and large fines.

One scandal is breeding on social networks because of these “letters”, as many citizens sell something on OLX or prom.ua platforms, respectively, they also fall into the field of tax viewing. Knowing about the situation is more than the plot.

What are you talking about

Since March 1, STS monitors online sales to track sellers working without registering or without RRO/PRO. These data have been collected for March and April, and, accordingly, sent more than a thousand “letter of happiness” FLP, which has received cash payments without RRO/prro.

The turn has reached the so -called “unregistered business activity”: the regulator wants to identify the Ukrainians engaged in sales without the FLP registration. Therefore, under the close attention of STS are new mail customers, as well as other delivery services and online stores, in particular UKRPOSHTA, sockets, olx, prom.ua and more.

How tax authorities see

Tax skill Riyako & Partners Andrei Timonov explained in the commentary for economic reality that from March 1 there were changes in the form of a cash receipt that customers issued payment systems. Now the latter is required to indicate data to the recipients of the funds. In addition, such checks are registered with STS, which means information about the seller of the goods has fallen to the tax authorities.

When a person sells a few things and sends it, for example, through the new mail, and the buyer pays it when received, then the data in such operation is taxed. Next, the regulator reviews information about the recipients of funds with data from the registers and if the seller is not registered as FLP, he is sent a “letter of happiness”, Timonov added.

At the same time, according to him, the secret of banking is not formally violated: if you sell things and ask the buyer to pay for them not to accept, but by moving the bank, then the data in such a transaction will remain hidden from STS. But here there is a restriction: in Ukraine, the volume of translations per month is up to 100 thousand hryvnias.

Scandal because of 200 hryvnias

Last week, Ukrainians on Facebook began writing messages about receiving letters from the Sts of Happiness.

“A letter came to an individual with a request that appeared in the tax on systematic illegal activity. He made an extract from enrollment and, in fact, only two payments per month 100 hryvnias from Novapay, all … Due to 200 hryvnias-systematic activity?”, Said one of the messages.

It was published on his Telegram channel by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Danilo Hetmans. This case has received a major resonance on social networks.

Social networks

As a result, the tax officer officially confirmed the information about the letters. The department explained that they sent them to three thousand citizens. Like, more than 162.7 million UAH after 97.5 thousand transfers of money in total received more than three thousand people in three weeks of March. And only 212 of them are registered as FLP – the said results of the information review from the accounting system for registered operations.

Territory bodies sent letters to taxpayers to determine the source of the funds. The main purpose of these invitations, as they say in STS, is explanation.

At the same time, the regulator denied the information sent by the tax authorities to people who made only two shifts of 100 hryvnias.

“For example, one of the invitations posted on the public access applies to a person who has received 17 payments for a total of more than 40 thousand hryvnias in 20 days. Among those who have received letters, the greatest amount of money transfer transferred to an individual -413 thousand hryvnias for 40 money transactions.

The tax is reminded that economic activity is carried out only if state registration and income taxation received. As for those who actually conducted the hidden systematic activity of the entrepreneur, the admin protocols for violation of the law would be assembled.

What are the fines

The administrative permotocol mentioned in the tax report is a violation of Article 164 in the business activity without the state registration of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

The penalty of this article provides a fine of 17-34 thousand UAHs. If such a violation is made twice a year or in the case of income more than 17 thousand UAHs, the fine size will increase to 34-85 thousand UAH.

Therefore, the lawyers recommend that the Ukrainians ignore the “letters of happiness” from the tax, because if a person does not apply to STS and does not write a written explanation, then they will get a protocol and the case will reach the court, and then to the executive service.

In a written explanation, experts recommend indicating that the sale is not systematic, is not a businessman’s activity or not aiming to earn.

“If a person sells a former carriage for a condition of 600 financial units, but bought it 1 thousand, then it is obviously not a businessman’s activity and it is not necessary to register the FLP for its implementation,” Timonov added.

At the same time, the income received in this way will still need to declare and pay 18% of income tax to individuals and 5% of military fees.

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