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The cost of parcels and delivery times will rise.
The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday, 15 October, passed bill No. 16051-1 on taxing international online purchases through foreign marketplaces. It provides for canceling the VAT exemption for purchases up to 150 euro. The adoption of the bill is a requirement of the IMF and a condition for further financial support to Ukraine. The document was approved by 255 members of parliament.
The bill envisages amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and the introduction of VAT on goods purchased through foreign marketplaces, regardless of their value.
For goods valued up to 150 euro, the tax will be assessed and paid by the electronic platform. It should be included in the cost of the item when placing the order.
At the same time, non-commercial parcels worth up to 45 euro sent free of charge by one individual to another are proposed to be exempt from VAT.
The law will take effect no earlier than 1 July 2027 of the year.
It remains unknown whether the final text will include VAT exemption for private shipments up to 45 euro. At the same time, for the document to take effect, it must go through the appropriate signing and publication procedures.
Recall that 16 September, after two failed attempts, the Verkhovna Rada supported in the first reading the bill on taxing international online purchases through foreign marketplaces. Back then, 273 members of parliament voted for the document.
Earlier, co-founder of Nova Poshta Volodymyr Poperešniuk spoke negatively about the Rada’s approval of the bill to introduce VAT on international parcels. According to him, this decision will harm almost every Ukrainian.
“The government still managed to push through this economically harmful tax. I sympathize with everyone, because taxation of parcels will affect nearly everyone,” Poperešniuk said.
At the same time, the Ministry of Finance refuted claims about the negative consequences of the new taxation model for international shipments. According to the ministry, the goal of the changes is to combat illegal tax optimization. Ukraine processes about 75 million parcels annually, but VAT is paid on less than 1% of them. The Ministry also assured that the new model will not cause delivery delays.
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