The Ministry of Finance: the work of gas stations will not stop – the NBU and the State Tax Service will respond in time
18 February 14:07
Starting March 1, the operation of gas stations in Ukraine will not stop, despite earlier reports in the media. This was reported by Suspilne TV channel, citing a source in the Ministry of Finance, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
As you know, the problem with the possible shutdown of gas stations was drawn to the attention of MP Nina Yuzhanina the day before.
According to her, starting from March 1, entrepreneurs will be allowed to use only cash registers that generate fiscal checks in the new form approved by the order of the Ministry of Finance No. 601.
“At present, no cash registers can be modified and updated, as the National Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Service have not approved a new protocol for transferring information from cash registers to the State Tax Service, taking into account the new form of fiscal check. It is unknown when they will approve it. So, starting from March 1, gas stations will either have to stop selling fuel and close down, or they will be operating in violation of the law and will be fined 150% of the cost of the fuel sold,” the MP said.
A source in the Ministry of Finance told Suspilne that the protocol referred to by MP Nina Yuzhanina is to be signed by the State Tax Service and the National Bank in the near future.
By the way, Nina Yuzhanina proposes to extend the deadline for the transition to the new form of fiscal checks for at least six months.
How should the form of fiscal checks change and why?
The need to update the form of fiscal checks is stipulated by the order of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine No. 601 dated November 22, 2024.
on December 30, 2024, the Ministry of Finance amended this order and extended until March 1 the opportunity for payment transaction registrars to correct the software of cash registers and cash registers to introduce new types of fiscal checks.
What will change in fiscal receipts?
As explained by the State Tax Service, the following details have been excluded: card ID number, cashier’s signature, signature of the electronic payment instrument holder.
The following details have been added:
– means of payment;
– currency of payment;
– details of the buyer’s passport when selling alcohol and tobacco in duty-free shops;
– the content of the QR code is supplemented with a search query for checking the receipt in the Cash Registers Accounting System;
– message Authentication Code (MAC) of the receipt for cash registers;
– the weight of a unit of tobacco product (indicated for cigarillos, tobacco and tobacco products sold in a set) and the number of tobacco products in a unit of goods (pack), the strength of alcoholic beverages and the volume (in liters) of a unit of goods (bottle) (for alcoholic beverages) when sold in duty-free shops;
– the amount of the rest.
The Ministry of Finance explains these changes by the intention to improve the accounting of payment transactions and control over the quality of fiscal documents.
