On October 27, the second public discussion took place
in Kharkiv as a part of the project «National dialogue: discussion of the tax
reform concept» which is implemented by the Ministry of Finance and was
initiated by the prime minister of Ukraine.
More than 100 representatives of local companies, public activists,
business associations, representatives of the local public bodies and media
attended the event.
The topic of the discussion was the draft of the
tax reform proposed by the Ministry of Finance. In her speech, deputy finance
minister Olena Makeyeva pointed out that one of main pillars of the proposed
tax reform is that it can’t be implemented at the cost of financially
vulnerable groups of citizens and pensioners. Another objective was to create
equal business conditions for all entities as well as to simplify tax revenue
management. That is why the flat tax rate principle had been selected as the
basis of the proposed reform.
«We are aware that any businessman wants to have
a full understanding of the tax regulations and wants to regulate his tax payments.
That is why the system proposed by the Ministry of Finance contains the flat
rate of 20% (VAT, profit tax, personal income tax and single social
contribution). This system is simple and clear to everyone», Olena Makeyeva
said.
According to the deputy finance minister,
business is ready to support this tax system, provided that the tax burden is
really significantly reduced. Most critical remarks about the existing tax
system refer to the lack of transparency and other problems which have accrued
for years.
Other experts who shared their thoughts and
opinions on the tax reform proposed by the Ministry of Finance were the head of
the expert group of the NGO "Association of tax advisors of Ukraine"
Lyudmyla Rubanenko, president of Kharkiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Victor Zverev, head of the managing board of “Telesense International” Eduard
Rubin and others.
The next public discussion of the tax reform
proposed by the Ministry of Finance as a part of the project «National
dialogue: discussion of the tax reform concept» will take place on November 6
in Dnipropetrovsk.
Key facts on the project «National dialogue:
discussion of the tax reform concept»:
- the project was initiated by prime minister
Arseniy Yatsenyuk;
- the project was organized by the Ministry of
Finance jointly with the Ukrainian Media Center and with the support of the
Fund «Vidrodzhennya»;
- the project stages a number of public
discussions with the representatives of expert community, business and public
in Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv.
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