Government sends tax reform bill to parliament for immediate consideration – Yatseniuk

11:47, 11.12.2015 1 min read

The Cabinet of Ministers has sent the Verkhovna Rada a tax reform bill, which Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asks to consider as a priority one, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

"The tax reform draft has been agreed by us. In keeping with our agreements, which were announced by the president of Ukraine, the government yesterday approved the tax reform. Today this tax reform [bill] has been tabled in parliament, and the president of Ukraine addresses in his letter to the lawmakers, asking to consider this bill without delay by including it in the agenda. We ask you to vote in favor of this bill," he told parliamentarians in Kyiv on Friday.

As was reported, Yatseniuk announced on December 9 about the reached agreement that the Cabinet would submit a new Tax Code to the president of Ukraine and he, using his constitutional authority, will table it in parliament with the request for consideration of it as a priority document.