“The European Business Association (EBA) supports the abolition of the exemption from payment of value added tax on imported goods with a value of up to 150 euros. ”, — write: epravda.com.ua
The European Business Association (EBA) supports the abolition of the exemption from payment of value added tax on imported goods with a value of up to 150 euros. This was stated in the association’s official letter to Danylo Hetmantsev, chairman of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy. “The position of the Association is based on the conviction that the current regulation leaves numerous opportunities for evasion of VAT by unscrupulous entrepreneurs. This is, for example, the division of an order into several parcels, the change of the value of goods, the import of industrial volumes of goods in accompanied and unaccompanied luggage,” – it is stated in notices of the EBA. The message also cites data from a study by the Institute of Socio-Economic Transformation, according to which among the 100 largest recipients of international mail, 81 individuals received a total of almost 18,800 in the nine months of 2024. parcels or an average of 232 parcels per each. None of them exceeded the value of 150 euros, accordingly, such parcels were exempted from paying VAT. Advertising: Under such conditions, the association believes, one natural person, receiving only one postal shipment per day, can import tax-free goods in the amount of up to 4.5 thousand euros. Therefore, we are talking about industrial batches of goods that are actually exempt from taxation. We will remind: Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev, submitted for registration in the Verkhovna Rada two draft laws on taxation of value added tax and customs duties on postal shipments to Ukraine. They provide for VAT (20%) on all parcels from abroad, regardless of value