Law on Ukraine's state budget for 2015 published in parliament newspaper

12:51, 01.01.2015 1 min read

The law on Ukraine's state budget for 2015 has been published in the parliament's Holos Ukrainy newspaper.

According to the newspaper's website, the law was published late on Wednesday, December 31.

In addition, amendments to the Tax Code and some laws on tax reform, as well as the law optimizing social spending, were also published.

As reported, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the state budget law at around 05.00 on December 29. A total of 233 lawmakers voted for bill No. 1000, which was submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said in his presentation of the budget law that the government would submit budget law amendments to the parliament by February 15 after negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international financial organizations.

Poroshenko signed the law on the state budget for 2015 late on December 31.