The Bill (Reg. No. 1443) envisages amendments to the Law "On Excise Tax on Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco Goods". The People´s Deputy, Oleksiy Zhuravko, the author of the Bill, states that the Bill "is aimed at correction of a complicated system of the alcoholic beverages excise tax administration and reduction of hidden alcoholic production market by introducing different types of excise tax stamps for the different types of alcoholic beverages".
Inter alia, the Bill introduces excise tax stamps for marking vodka and spirits (according to contents of ethyl alcohol) with the following denotations: "contents of ethyl alcohol up to 25 % of volume units", "contents of ethyl alcohol up to 25 % - 40% of volume units", and "contents of ethyl alcohol 40 % and more of volume units".
Pursuant to the Bill, each excise tax stamp for alcoholic beverages should have a special number and description of the production type. This will secure timely printing of the necessary amount of stamps, and enhance excise administration. Excise tax stamps for different types of production should differ in design. Each excise tax stamp should have a special number and description of the production type (for wine production: "dry wine", "vintage wine", "semi-dry and semi-sweet wine", "strong wine (with spirit)", "sparkling wine", "carbonated wine", "fruit wine", "vermouth", "cognac", "brandy"). The stamps are applied depending on container capacity.