Parliament supported the military tax for AFU payments
Kyiv • UNN
The Verkhovna Rada supported bill No. 15167 on directing the military tax to a special fund. Starting from 2027, these funds will be used exclusively for payments to military personnel.
The Parliament supported directing the military tax exclusively to the financial support of military personnel, the Verkhovna Rada reported on Thursday, UNN writes.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted the corresponding draft law No. 15167 as a basis. 226 people's deputies voted in favor.
What is envisioned
The document provides for the creation of a special fund within the state budget for the targeted use of funds.
If the draft law is passed in its entirety, starting from January 1, 2027, the military tax will be credited in full to this fund and directed toward payments to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The initiators explain the need for this draft law by stating that the military tax is, by its nature, a solidarity payment, the social legitimacy of which is directly linked to the financing of the security and defense sector. However, in the current version of budget legislation, state budget revenues sourced from the military tax are credited to the general fund and can be used for general needs without a direct legal link to the payment of financial support for AFU servicemen.
The authors also explained the need for the proposed changes by noting that the state budget for 2026 was adopted with a high deficit, "and criticism has repeatedly been voiced in the public space regarding the expediency of financing certain demand-stimulation programs and universal payments at the expense of state budget funds during wartime." The authors want "legislative separation of the resource formed thanks to the military tax from the financing of secondary or politically opportunistic expenditures."
The initiators expect that the draft law will reduce the risks of directing the military tax toward expenditures that have no direct relation to defense and will comply with the principle of prioritizing the financing of national security and defense both during martial law and in the transition period for three years after its termination or cancellation.