The Cabinet of Minister plans not to increase the key tax rates in 2017, Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman said during the presentation of draft budget for 2017, UNIAN reports.
“We do not plan to increase general budget revenues through increasing tax rates. We consider that we do not need to create conditions for pressure over business, and that’s why we will not support increasing national taxes”, the Prime Minister said.
In the meantime, he noted that the government considers the possibility of widening the tax base or changing rent rates.
“Concerning national taxes we do not support the idea of their increasing”, he said.
The Cabinet of Ministers reportedly builds the growth of revenues by 16.7% - up to UAH 876.9 as well as GDP growth at 3% into the draft state budget for 2017.
