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Ukrainian Finance Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr  has filed a lawsuit against the main department of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine in Kyiv to Kyiv’s district administrative court.

According to a report on the website of the administrative court, the finance minister asked the court to recognize unlawful orders of the main department of the State Fiscal Service in Kyiv on carrying out his documentary off-schedule remote check, as well as on postponing the date of the launched check, and repeal them.

In addition, Danyliuk requested to cancel a number of tax notices.

The hearing is scheduled for April 5, 2018.

Earlier, the lawyer of Daniluk Vitaliy Naum reported on the intention of the minister to appeal to the court against the requirements of the State Fiscal Service to pay Hr 5,517 of personal income tax.

Under its decision of Feb.2 the State Fiscal Service annulled the accrual of personal income tax in the amount of about Hr 9,000, while the authority left unchanged the payment of the principal of this tax in the amount of Hr 517,000.

As reported, Kyiv’s Pechersky district court on July 18, 2017 accepted a document on the initiation of unscheduled tax audit of Danyliuk how he observes tax, currency and other legislation in the period from 1998 through 2016.

Earlier Danyliuk denied non-payment of tax. He explained the discrepancy between his income and expenses in 2010-2014 by his work in private business in previous years. He appealed against the ruling of the court, considering illegal the actions of the prosecutor’s office and the judge, but simultaneously asked the State Fiscal Service to conduct his tax audit as quickly as possible, so as not to create a threat to the issue of eurobonds, negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the budget process.

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office closed its investigation into possible tax evasion by Danyliuk.