Hetmantsev: Ukraine does not pay taxes on half of exported grain

Taxes are not paid on half of the grain exported from Ukraine, as some lands are not cultivated according to documents.

The need for a draft law to combat “black” grain arose because in this case customs and law enforcement agencies are not perfect. The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev, said this in an interview with LIGA.net.

“The farmer took this grain, it is black, it has no origin, registered it to a fictitious company, loaded it on a ship that later left, then he transferred this grain to the same fictitious company several times abroad, the money did not return to the country, none not a penny of taxes has been paid. And about half of such grain,” explained Danylo Hetmantsev.

According to him, the mechanism of the draft law is that each grain should have a history.

“That is, only a VAT payer will be able to export, the VAT payer must have a VAT input for this grain, and so on to the first producer. This entire chain must be VAT included. If you do not have a document of the origin of this grain, you will not be released according to the law,” Hetmantsev added.

He also said that the SBU proposes to give a three-month period so that farmers can pay the state a large percentage of the cost of “black” grain in order to withdraw it once. Discussion is currently underway.

As previously reported by USM, in October the Cabinet of Ministers published Resolution No. 1132, which changes the rules for exporting agricultural products.