Svyridenko is urged to abandon the introduction of VAT for small entrepreneurs: two appeals have been initiated.

Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko

On the resource of electronic appeals, since December 30, the collection of votes on the cancellation of the plan of the Ministry of Finance, regarding the implementation from 1 January 2027 mandatory registration by VAT payers of single tax entities whose annual volume of transactions exceeds 1 million hryvnias, and review of agreements with the IMF regarding support for the conditions of a simplified taxation system. Two petitions have now been submitted, one with 12,000 votes and the other with 9,025 of the 25,000 needed.

“We, the citizens of Ukraine – entrepreneurs, self-employed persons, employees of micro and small businesses, as well as users, appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with the demand to prevent the introduction of mandatory registration of natural persons-entrepreneurs by VAT payers as a mass measure within the framework of the “reform” of the simplified taxation system”, writes the author of the petition, Oleksandr Chumak, and lists a large list of negative consequences of the introduction of VAT.

The author of another petition, Vladyslav Orlov, sees adverse political consequences in the introduction of VAT.

“The main point of the pre-election program of the ruling party was to ensure unchanged conditions for the implementation of business activities for individual entrepreneurs. However, the approval in the framework of international negotiations of obligations regarding the mandatory registration of FOP by VAT payers nullifies these statements, discredits all promises and guarantees and destroys faith in any future initiatives of the government. The inconsistency of state policy is no less threatening than the lack of reforms, because it deprives the motivation to work officially and to plan activities in the long term”, – writes Vladyslav Orlov.

In addition, the author reminds that similar laws on the introduction of VAT for self-employed persons were recently passed in Russia. In this context, the introduction or agreement of steps that effectively cancel the simplified taxation system, even with a formal reference to international obligations, is perceived by society as a movement in a similar direction to the aggressor state.

The Ministry of Finance has doubts about the correctness of its decision On December 15, 2025, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine officially announced that it does not have calculations and modeling of the economic results of the possible implementation of mandatory VAT registration for individual entrepreneurs (PPOs) operating on a simplified system. This was reported by the president of the Association of Private Employers Oleksandr Chumak with reference to the answer received from the Ministry of Finance to the Association’s request.

And on December 18, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine presented for public discussion a draft law designed to improve VAT administration for single tax payers. The text of the draft law, an explanatory note and an analysis of the regulatory impact are posted in the section “Drafts of regulatory acts for discussion in 2025” on the website of the Ministry of Finance.

At the same time, the press service did not specify where to turn. The informant found the following contacts on the ministry’s website:

• Kyiv, 04071, str. Mezhyhirska, 11
• Fax: +38 (044) 425-90-26
• E-mail: [emailprotected]

As reported by the Informant, the Verkhovna Rada will not consider the issue of introducing VAT for individual entrepreneurs. On December 2, People’s Deputy Ihor Fries (“Servant of the People”) announced this on his Facebook page, based on the results of the faction’s discussion of this issue. People’s deputy noted that it is definitely not necessary to look for funds in the wallets of entrepreneurs. Everyone knows the places – he hinted at the latest high-profile corruption scandals.