The Ukrainian Week

16 July, 2020	Breaking news	Ukrainian lawmakers seek ways to tax Facebook, Netflix, Apple Ukraine wants to increase its annual state budget by imposing additional taxes on local operations of tech giants like Apple, Netflix and Facebook
22 December, 2016	Economics	Social schizophrenia Half of Ukraine’s able-bodied adults are not paying taxes or social contributions, but still demand social services and benefits. How can this change?
19 August, 2015	Economics	Slow Out of the Gate An overview of Ukraine’s new tax system
19 August, 2013	Politics	Run, Petro, Run The flight of Petro Melnyk, a notorious rector of the National Tax Service University arrested while taking a bribe, from under house arrest exposes the severe degradation of Ukrainian law enforcement
13 August, 2013	News	Pension inequality in Ukraine: UAH 15 Thou for deputies, 8 Thou for judges and 1 Thou for teachers
11 July, 2013	News	Russia targets Ukrainian chocolate in car trade spat Russia plans to put trade sanctions on Ukraine, penalising imports of chocolate, coal and glass in retaliation for a Ukrainian emergency import tax on cars which has drawn World Trade Organisation opposition, Reuters reports
3 June, 2013	News	The Cabinet of Ministers to cut tax privileges in business The Ministry of Revenues and Duties is going to abolish tax privileges for a number of industries starting from 2014
21 May, 2013	News	*Reuters*: the roads in Ukraine fell hostage to the government's populism The issue of price increases for households is highly politicized in Ukraine, writes Olzhas Auyezov, Reuters journalist.
1 April, 2013		Ovations for Estonia’s Tax Legislation On December 8, 1993, when the new Income Tax Act was passed, was the first time that a piece of legislation had drawn an ovation. On that day, Parliament laid the capstone on the entire process of tax reform, which signified the start of a brand-new period for Estonian tax policy
19 March, 2013	News	*Financial Times*: Cyprus ripples are hitting Russia harder than Ukraine The new tax on bank deposits in the offshore tax haven is unlikely to hit Ukrainian businesses and wealthy individuals hard as they keep large amounts of funds elsewhere, expert says.
19 March, 2013	News	*Financial Times*: new Ukrainian car tax protects local oligarchs New car duties on car imports protect Ukrainian oligarchs but risk infuriating fellow WTO members, FT writes.
17 December, 2012	Economics	Between a Rock and a Hard Place Business not owned by oligarchs will find itself in a much more difficult position in 2013, under the influence of the growing appetites of the government and the sluggish economy.
23 October, 2012	Economics	The Secrets of Ukrainian Inflation Official inflation rates are being artificially understated in Ukraine to manipulate consumer expenditures
31 August, 2012	Economics	A Cure to Fend off Poverty First things first – the healing of Ukraine’s economy must go hand in hand with structural reform and technological upgrading of assets.
18 June, 2012	Economics	The National Budget and Bureaucratic Brazenness The Ukrainian government is taking money out of the real economy – the receipts of the national budget increased much faster than Ukraine’s GDP in 2010-12
2 June, 2012	Economics	The Illusion of Macroeconomic Stability Economic growth is impossible without macroeconomic stability. The latter is understood as the stability of financial-monetary parameters of a national economy in time.
23 May, 2012	Economics	Tax Noose for a Sick Economy The way the primary income of Ukrainians and Ukrainian businesses is re-distributed through the allocation of tax, pension and social entitlement funds reflects the government’s indifference to their needs.
24 October, 2011	Economics	Surviving on a ‘Biological Norm’ According to Anatoliy Blyzniuk, one-time Governor of Donetsk Oblast, UAH 2,500 is perfectly enough for a person to live on. The Ukrainian Week investigates whether Mr. Blyzniuk is right
14 October, 2011	Economics	The Bond Game The government is trying to get off the IMF needle but is not prepared for the pain of withdrawal. Ukraine’s sovereign debt and fiscal load are set to grow in 2012, and default may become a reality in 2013
29 September, 2011	Economics	Parking Corruption Smart dealers fleece drivers for over UAH 100 million for parking in Kyiv
1 August, 2011	Economics	Regulatory Squeeze Economic growth will not take place without true deregulation and improved tax conditions for small and medium businesses.
2 June, 2011	Economics	Tighten Your Belts Export dynamics, inflation and privatisation help the government fill the budget, while at the same time they are increasing pressure on taxpayers
2 June, 2011	Economics	The Looming Tidal Wave Ukraine will have to clean the Augean Stables of the tycoon-controlled economy regardless of how the global financial crisis develops
13 May, 2011	World	The Danish Standard Denmark’s Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Borg-Hansen: “We are indeed an egalitarian country: few people are rich, and at the same time a mere handful of Danes are underprivileged”
10 May, 2011	Economics	Working Against Nature The authorities have enough powers in their hands to launch any reform but the nature of relations among those in power results in the dragging out of changes or confusing their essence
15 April, 2011	Politics	Fiscal Ghetto The government is essentially putting over one million fixed-rate taxpayers out of business
12 April, 2011	Politics	Rallying Non-Stop Government policies and an inert opposition stir new protest movements
5 April, 2011	Politics	Office Control
30 March, 2011	Economics	Fear and trembling The Tax Code cut the number of small business owners in Ukraine and opened the way for the unofficial collection of taxes