Yevhenii Sokur took part in the extended meeting with Donetsk regional state administration and taxpayers of Donetsk region

Acting Deputy Head of the State Tax Service Yevhenii Sokur took part in the extended meeting with Donetsk regional state administration and taxpayers of Donetsk region on the topic "Interaction with State Tax Service’s bodies during the martial law". Event was held within the framework of work of the Regional platform "Dialogue between Government and Business", created to resolve current problematic issues of entrepreneurs in regions and territorial communities on the basis of Congress of local and regional authorities under the President of Ukraine.

Yevhenii Sokur particularly informed about the priority projects that the State Tax Service is currently implementing.

As a part of implementation of the National revenue strategy, which defines ways to reform tax system for five years, one of the key steps is to increase voluntary compliance with tax legislation by the taxpayers.

“In order to increase level of voluntary compliance by the taxpayers, draft project regarding the tax risk management system has been introduced, which changes business processes in the State Tax Service. This will help to concentrate efforts and available resources regarding the taxpayers who have tax risks, while at the same time helping the taxpayers who have a high compliance level. Among the other things, result of a change in approaches to work of the State Tax Service is increase in budget revenues (balance) for 11 months of this year – we managed to attract 374 billion UAH to the budget or 66% more compared to the peaceful year 2021. Specifically, the taxpayers of Donetsk region paid 18 billion UAH” – stated Yevhenii Sokur.

He also focused attention of those present on the possibilities of new project of the State Tax Service "Territory of high tax trust level". Taxpayers who voluntarily comply with legislative requirements receive certain preferences from the tax administration. List of taxpayers with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation will be updated quarterly, which will allow a larger number of taxpayers to join the project.

Participants, during event, discussed the taxpayers’ fulfillment of tax obligations, tax exemptions during the martial law and amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding the tax administration specifics for taxpayers with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation.

Setting of local taxes and tax benefits for paying local taxes, collecting land payment (land tax) and real estate taxes during the martial law were also considered.