The President of Ukraine has signed a bill
on raising the corporate income tax rate for banks, UNN reports with reference to the
to the document card.
Details
According to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the bill
provides for an increase in the income tax rate for banks from 18% to 50% in
2023 and up to 25% in the following years.
According to the Ministry of Finance, this will bring only
UAH 24-25 billion in 2023 alone. Then it will be 6-7 billion.
As Zheleznyak noted, the increase in the
of the corporate income tax is one of the IMF's requirements.
As a reminder
On October 19, the Verkhovna Rada
supported in the first reading the draft law No. 9656-d on additional
taxation of banks' income. At that time, an increase from 18% to 36% was proposed.
After long discussions, the second reading was followed by
amendments were made to the second reading and the corporate income tax rate was increased from 18% to 50% in 2023
and to 25% in the following years.
In the second reading and in general, the parliament
voted for the document on November 21.