Three instead of one: tax bill to be reworked
28 March 22:12
The government wants to persuade the IMF to lift the VAT requirement for sole proprietors, and the tax bill will be split into three separate bills.
This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
“So, the saga of tax hikes continues. As you recall, yesterday they were supposed to decide: whether this would still be one ‘big beautiful bill’ submitted by the government as a single law, or whether it would be split into several bills,” he wrote on Telegram.
As a result, a completely different decision was made: three separate bills will be submitted, Zheleznyak reported, citing sources in the government,
Separately for digital platforms (“the OLX tax”), separately a 5% military levy for sole proprietors, and separately the abolition of tax exemptions for parcels (requiring amendments to the Customs Code).
“The introduction of VAT for sole proprietors will not be submitted for now. They will try to convince the IMF to drop this requirement,” the MP noted.
“They want to submit it in the coming days and consider it as early as April 7–9. But, given the 14-day period for alternative procedures, this will require three separate votes on each law,” Zheleznyak said.
This involves adding the bill to the agenda, shortening the alternative consideration period (Article 226), and holding the first reading.
“So it’s going to be another eventful week, where without resolving the political crisis, not even the first item will pass,” Zheleznyak concluded.
Also, according to him, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko “instructed all government officials to maximize communication with lawmakers.”
Earlier, the head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax, and customs policy, Danylo Getmantsev, stated that the problem with Ukraine fulfilling its obligations to its partners lies not in the position of the International Monetary Fund itself, but in the lack of votes in the chamber, and that it is not the IMF that needs to be “fixed,” but the political crisis in the country.
Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada failed to pass a vote on Bill No. 14025 on the implementation of international automatic exchange of information on income received through digital platforms.
The International Monetary Fund has expressed concern about Ukraine’s ability to continue receiving funding under the $8.1 billion package, as lawmakers are delaying the adoption of measures necessary to unlock these funds.
