This week, the EBA community has much good news to share with you. Thus, we had the opportunity to meet with government officials at various levels and came to important decisions for the community. So, our 9 achievements this week are related to the IT industry, energy, consumer electronics, animal health, tax policy, and the work of business in general. So, in brief:<\/p>\n
Business met with the President of Ukraine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The highlight of the week was the EBA community\u00a0meeting<\/a>\u00a0with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. We focused our discussion on the issues of security and the economy so that the business community has a full picture of what is happening inside and outside Ukraine’s borders, and what are the plans for the economic development of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n Business discussed key issues with the Ministry of Economy and the Servant of the People Party<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Also, the EBA\u00a0met<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Yulia Svyrydenko<\/strong>, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine \u2013 Minister of Economy of Ukraine,\u00a0Taras Kachka<\/strong>, Deputy Minister of Economy, and\u00a0Olena<\/strong>\u00a0Shuliak<\/strong>, the Chairperson of the Servant of the People Party. The participants of the meeting discussed the prospects of economic development, taxes and fiscal pressure, the need to combat the shadow economy, the renewal of the Labor Code, and other sectoral issues.<\/span><\/p>\n Ukraine officially launched the preferential tax regime for IT companies\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This week, there was the\u00a0launch<\/a>\u00a0of Diia.City, a special legal and tax regime to stimulate the development of the IT industry. Representatives of the EBA IT community were closely involved in the development of this powerful initiative. In cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation, we managed to outline attractive conditions not only for Ukrainian but also foreign IT companies. In the three days since the launch, more than 50 companies have applied to join Diia.City, including members of the Association.<\/span><\/p>\n Draft laws with the negative effect on the natural gas market were returned for revision<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Business\u00a0welcomes<\/a>\u00a0the decision of the VRU Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities of February 8 to return draft Laws on the Natural Gas Market \u2116 6426, 6426-1 for revision. We thank the Committee and its Chairman, Andriy Gerus, for hearing the voice of business. Earlier, businesses expressed concern about changes provided in the draft laws. Thus, it was proposed to introduce state regulation of natural gas prices, which could completely change the rules of operation of the natural gas sector and rollback the market reform which was conducted in line with European standards.<\/span><\/p>\n Business met with representatives of the Kyiv Tax Service<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The meeting took place on the platform of the EBA Tax Committee and the EBA Animal Health Committee. The discussion was focused on the use of RSO\/SRSO when providing services in the field of veterinary medicine and the sale of veterinary drugs, the specifics of the use of RSO in retail, storage of cash registers, and paper check tapes, and so on. The record of the meeting can be found\u00a0at the link<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Business discussed tax initiatives with the Voice Party\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n During the meeting, the EBA representatives stressed the importance of reducing tax pressure and reducing the burden on the payroll. According to business, these priorities should be included in the new tax reform, which is currently being actively discussed in government.<\/span><\/p>\n