Czech Finance Minister seeks to clamp down on tax fraud on fuel

Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said on Sunday that he had submitted a demand for European Union authorities to give him fast track approval for a change in the rules for VAT charged on motor fuels. Mr. Kalousek said the state was currently losing around 8.0 billion crowns a year through fraud on VAT payments on such fuel. He wants petrol stations to be forced to include the tax on fuel sold. At the moment sales are subject to a chain of fraud.