From January 1, 2018 VAT and excise tax on import of vehicles equipped with electric motors to the customs territory of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the GFS. It is noted that at present the signing of the corresponding bill by the President of Ukraine is expected. The GFS noted that the import of electric vehicles since 2016 has already been exempted from import duty. In 2016, the volume of import of such vehicles amounted to 2,274 pieces. Within 11 months of 2017, imports increased by more than 13% - to 2676 pieces. The budget was paid 82.37 million hryvnia VAT and 115.6 million hryvnia excise.

So, for example, if now, when importing the budget electric car Nissan Leaf in 2016, the release of the formerly used, designed GFS at a cost of $ 5,600, the importer paid more than 34,300. hryvnia, then from the new year importers will save more than 20% of the funds due to the lack of customs payments. With the new Tesla S, the minimum customs value of which will be 103.6 thousand. dollars it would be necessary to pay almost 566.5 thousand UAH of customs payments.

Original article: In the GFS we decided on how much the electric cars (infographics) will become cheaper,.