Head of the Excise Department at the State Tax Service Khrystyna Bozhenko Resigns — Plinsky

Head of the Excise Department at the State Tax Service Khrystyna Bozhenko Resigns — Plinsky

There are personnel changes at the State Tax Service: the head of the relevant department, Khrystyna Bozhenko, is leaving her post by mutual agreement. A staff member of the Risk Department is leaving the service along with her.

This was reported by journalist Yevhen Plinsky. He links the resignation to the failure of excise collections for October, as well as to suspicions about Bozhenko’s ties to a group the author calls “Monaco.”

According to the journalist, the decision on the personnel changes was made by Acting Head of the State Tax Service Yurii Koniushenko and Finance Minister Marchenko. At the same time, Plinsky notes that the reasons were not only problems with revenues but also the possible involvement of the official in tax schemes.

The tax service expects active measures regarding excise schemes

According to Plinsky, sources in law enforcement report preparations for large-scale actions in the excise area — in particular regarding the tobacco and alcohol markets. Against this background, the journalist claims, Koniushenko seeks to distance himself from Bozhenko and her activities.

Plinsky also recalled that Prime Minister Koretskyi holds weekly meetings with law enforcement and members of parliament regarding tax schemes. In his view, the government official is striving to increase tax revenues by eliminating such schemes.

The journalist predicts active measures at various levels, not only involving the Bureau of Economic Security. He ties this to the political need to demonstrate public actions against criminal syndicates.

Separately, Plinsky asserts that Marchenko’s current team at the tax service is trying to shift responsibility for corrupt practices and illegal schemes of the previous leadership onto former State Tax Service head Kravchenko and his appointed head Lesia Karnaukh.

The journalist expects new personnel and law enforcement actions related to the excise area in the coming weeks.

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Head of the Excise Department at the State Tax Service Khrystyna Bozhenko Resigns — Plinsky