Kyiv's court of appeals has postponed the hearing of a counterclaim of Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk on the initiation of unscheduled tax audit of his income sources for 1998-2016 until August 10, 2017.

An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that the court explained the decision by the absence of all the required documents in the case. The next hearing of the case is scheduled for 10:30 on August 10.

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 IMF and the budget process.