The cost of parcels received by Ukrainians from foreign trading platforms may increase sharply, as the Verkhovna Rada may impose an additional tax on them. Relevant bills have already been submitted to parliament.

Their author is the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Daniil Getmantsev (“Servant of the People”). He emphasized that he submitted the bills and were developed at the request and with the participation of the largest Ukrainian business associations.

The text of the bills was prepared with the help of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC), the European Business Association (EBA), the Association of Information Technology Enterprises of Ukraine (APITU), the Ukrainian Business Council (URB), the Retailers Association of Ukraine (RAU) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Ukraine (TPP). The bills propose to determine that:.

According to Getmantsev, these bills propose to simplify the administration of VAT and speed up the clearance of parcels at customs. To do this you need:.

At the same time, additional customs duties will not be imposed on the buyer if VAT is paid by the supplier of the goods or the marketplace. This will also help speed up customs procedures. However, the texts of the documents are not yet available on the Council’s website.