Under the guise of a tax amnesty, the regime is trying to pick the pockets of Ukrainians
The “tax amnesty” law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading, according to which a one-time declaration of assets of individuals is introduced to legalize their income, will not bring additional revenue to the budget of Ukraine.
Viktor Skarshevsky, an analyst at the Growford Institute, said this in a conversation on Apostrophe-TV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The result of the tax amnesty for the budget will be zero. According to the head of the tax committee, Getmantsev, people have $50 billion under their mattress. He wants to legalize $20 billion at an average rate of 5%. It turns out that the authors of the law are planning to receive a budget of a billion dollars. But they will not receive anything for one simple reason - people simply do not have confidence in the authorities, in particular the tax authorities. They put the cart before the horse,” Skarshevsky said.
Business conditions or tax rates have not changed, he said.
“Maybe the tax office has started working in the interests of taxpayers, and not in the interests of the administrative apparatus? No. If now someone shows what he has and pays this 5%, and then the tax office, since it has not been reformed, since it is fiscally oriented, will say: “But maybe it’s still illegal, but maybe after all connected with some criminal things, where is the money you earned?” There is a risk that they will then begin to persecute you. Because of these reasons, no one will legalize anything,” the expert believes.
He draws attention to the fact that the law provides for tightening tax control, for the purpose of which the Cabinet of Ministers must develop a corresponding bill within 9 months, which will mean an increase in fiscal pressure.
“They will say - okay, you didn’t write anything - 400 thousand hryvnia or 15 thousand dollars - this is what we allow you to accumulate over all the years of independence, 400 dollars a month if divided by the entire history of independence. All. And then we will run after you and look for any money and we will, firstly, fine you, and secondly, tax them at 12,5%, including military duty, which is not military at all.
That is, there is no trust, so no one will be granted amnesty. And the authorities will say: “We offered you, now we’ll go deeper into your pockets.” It’s not like “let’s give you the opportunity to earn money, reduce taxes, simplify administration and introduce a tax on withdrawn capital,” says the analyst.
“One more thing - the law on tax amnesty stipulates an increase in tax rates and tax pressure on the sale of an apartment. You see, instead of reducing taxes and holding a tax amnesty, the tax amnesty law includes an increase in tax pressure! This is completely absurd. That’s why I say that no legalization will happen,” summed up Skarshevsky.
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