The return of military payments to 30 thousand hryvnias is possible only in case of an increase in the tax burden, including VAT of 4% and a military tax of three times.
The return of military payments to 30 thousand hryvnias is possible only by increasing the tax burden, including VAT by 4% and the military tax by three times. The Minister of Finance Sergei Marchenko spoke about this on the air of Forbes Business Breakfast.
“This can only be done by amending the budget law, providing an additional 170 billion hryvnias per year, providing an increase in taxes, including VAT by 4% and a military tax three times, and this can be financed. Other The options of how it will be financed do not exist,” he said.
The minister explained that it is impossible to take funds for these needs from other categories, for example, from the salaries of civil servants. Salaries of civil servants are financed by international aid.
“But the army, I emphasize again, we must finance our own business from taxes. Therefore, increasing spending on the army, we must understand the consequences of these measures. For some reason, no one has -think about it when they vote,” said the head of the Ministry of Finance.
Marchenko believes that this is “an unbearable issue,” and there are no funds in the state budget for additional military payments.
Recall that after the start of the war in Ukraine, an additional financial reward was paid to the military, which did not participate in hostilities, in the amount of 30,000 hryvnias. From February 1, 2023, monthly payments are cancelled.
On April 10, the parliament voted to restore additional payments in the amount of 30,000 hryvnias to the military. However, later a resolution was submitted to the Rada preventing the return of the surcharges.
The return of surcharges requires large additional expenditures from the state budget. Ukraine should find about 1 trillion. Hryvnia per year.
Source: korrespondent
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