Now, to buy currency in Ukraine, you need to pay a war tax
Kyiv, March 14 (PolitNavigator, Vasily Ablyazimov) – Yesterday the law of Ukraine dated March 3, 2015 under number 211-VIII came into force, which from March 13, when purchasing foreign currency, you must pay 1,5% military tax
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Now, in order to buy currencies in Ukraine, you need to pay a “war tax”. A number of Ukrainian banks, starting March 13, 2015, began charging the population a military tax of 1,5% when selling cash currency. About it сообщил Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of the European Bank Vasily Nevmerzhitsky. The new fee does not cancel the old one - to the Pension Fund in the amount of 2% of the amount. That is, the additional fee when purchasing currency above the cost of the currency itself is now 3,5%. Such changes occurred due to the entry into force of Law No. 211-VIII, adopted on March 3
However, not all banks began to charge the so-called. “war tax” and took a break until Monday, when clarifications should be received from the State Fiscal Service and the National Bank.
The innovation caused significant problems for foreign currency borrowers who came to repay their debts, since they were required to have an additional amount of money in their hands when repaying debts, which many did not have. Purchasing foreign currency will also become more difficult for domestic companies involved in imports.
Through this tax, the Yatsenyuk government plans to raise significant amounts of money to support military operations in the Donbass.
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