The European Business Association supports the restriction of "business of shuttles" as an effective norm, which leads to equalization of taxation and investment attractiveness, - the chairman of the EBA Importers Committee, CEO of Bosh-Ukraine - said Sergey Maximov at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy.

- The profitability of the "white" goods in our group after taxes is 10%, and the profitability of gray non-taxable equipment from Poland - 40%, which leads to the demand for smuggling: of the 6 goods on Hotline 4 the first positions occupy our goods which we do not Imported Then, do not be surprised that when we offer Ukraine to open the factories for the production of equipment here (and our concern has built 7 new factories in the neighboring countries), we do not win - because there are no equal conditions for entrepreneurs, - said the representative of the EAA. In his opinion, 40% of the price difference with the smuggled goods is due to stolen from the state VAT, income tax and customs duties.

The members of the EBA transferred to the chairman of the committee N. Yuzhanina a letter from the Association against the adoption of the Draft Law No. 7848, which provides for the exclusion of a requirement from the beginning of the year for staying at least 24 hours as a condition for import of goods up to EUR 500 without payment of customs duties and taxes when crossing the border by rail or by car.

Ukrainian Council of Business announced its position, representatives of which handed deputies a leaflet calling on committee members not to change the existing rules of taxation of goods, which are imported by natural persons for own use on the customs territory of Ukraine http://www.urb.org.ua/index.php/item/92-zminy-v-opodatkuvanni-tovariv

63 business associations that are part of URB, http://www.urb.org.ua/index.php/uchasnyky-rady/chleny-rady

analyzed changes in the taxation of goods and came to the conclusion: innovations introduced by the Law No. 2245-VIII of 07.12.2017

will allow to significantly reduce the schemes of "gray import", in which the rules for the duty-free import of goods by individuals for their own use were used by the shadow business to obtain an uncompetitive advantage and avoiding Taxes. URB experts believe that the requirement for obligatory 24-hour stay outside the country to marry the right to duty-free import of goods will lead to a rise in price of smuggling, and this will "promote equalization of the conditions of competition between domestic producers (in the price of products for which VAT is charged) and foreign producers who receive VAT refunds in their countries at export", - reads the official website of the Ukrainian Business Council. - Also, the changes introduced by Law No. 2245-VIII will reduce queues at borders and increase revenues to the state budget".

The notice on the official position of the URB regarding the innovations provides data

Study of the Institute of Social-Economic Transformation: due to violation of customs rules, smuggling and "gray import" state each year loses up to 70 billion UAH per year, which is almost equal to the defense budget Ukraine in 2017 (64 billion USD).

Recall that from January 1, 2018, introduced new rules that provide for the right of duty-free import into the customs territory of Ukraine in hand baggage and/or accompanying baggage of goods (except for excisable goods and personal belongings),

the total invoice value of which does not exceed the equivalent of 500 euros and the total weight which do not exceed 50 kg through points other than open to air traffic, crossing points across the state border of Ukraine by an individual who was absent in Ukraine for more than 24 hours and who arrives in Ukraine no more than once within 72 hours. If a person was absent in Ukraine for less than 24 hours or if he entered Ukraine more than once during 72 hours, then he would not be taxed a minimum of 50 euros.

 

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The European Business Association was founded in 1999 with the support of the European Commission in Ukraine. We work to give EBA member companies the opportunity to work together to solve important issues for the investment climate in Ukraine and improve it in favor of the industry, society, economy and the country as a whole.

The official position of the EVA regarding the Draft Law No.7484 https://eba.com.ua/european-business-association-darft-law-foresees-return-shadow-import/

The Ukrainian Council

Business - wide association of small and medium business associations, to which includes 63 business associations of various branches of economy - http://www.urb.org.ua/index.php/layout/2017-11-01-14-44-20 , whose members are about 27 thousand enterprises Of Ukraine. The main priorities of the URB are defined by the Memorandum, and participants have developed a "white" list of bills for reforming the economy - http://www.urb.org.ua/index.php/item/77-ukrainska-rada-biznesu-bilyj-chornyj-spysok