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Previous attempts to support the bill were not successful.
The Verkhovna Rada voted in the first reading for a bill that would amend the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding features of value added tax on operations with the remote sale of goods that are moved (shipped) across the customs border of Ukraine in international postal and express shipments. The vote was For – 273 by the deputies.
The document proposes changes to the Tax Code of Ukraine and suggests introducing VAT on goods purchased through foreign marketplaces, regardless of their value. For online purchases with a value up to 150 euros, the VAT will be charged and paid by the electronic platform.
Non-commercial packages with a value up to 45 euros are proposed to be left VAT-free.
The changes will take effect no earlier than July next year.
Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko emphasized that the bills on changes to the Tax and Customs Codes are part of international obligations. He said that “there is nowhere else to push,” as was reported from the session broadcast.
They are currently preparing a decision that would allow living in conditions of liquidity crisis, but this significantly affects the ability of central executive authorities and local budgets to exercise their powers.
“It is very hard to explain to someone why we cannot fulfill these obligations. The price tag today is not receiving 4 billion euros in September. We were supposed to receive them, but we will not. We urgently moved these bills from the assumption that if we can support this bill, to obtain the opportunity, a chance, to receive these funds in October. There is no option to delay further. I ask you very much to find a way to support (the bills – editorial) on amendments to the Tax Code and the Customs Code regarding the taxation of packages,” he said.
In yesterday evening’s address, the president said that the bills planned for this week have state significance because they affect money from partners. We are talking about seven bills, and “each of them is needed to finance the state budget deficit.”
“This is a matter of state significance, affecting everyone in Ukraine, and not some party, group, or individual. Some things may be difficult, may be unpleasant and unpopular. But now these things are impossible to do without. It is impossible to ensure the full needs of our defense, the resilience of Ukraine. Ukraine is more than any party, or interest, or PR strategy,” he said.
First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Korniyenko said that the bill on parcels is part of a macro-financial aid package, where the failure of at least one document would mean the failure of all.
More on this—in Anna Steshchenko’s piece “In Brussels now they will think ten times. Why does the Rada not pass laws on which EU aid depends.”
Lawmakers this year have repeatedly attempted to cancel the favorable customs clearance for parcels, which applied to shipments up to 150 euros.
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