Ukraine'S New Tax Law Is Opposed By Small Business Owners.

　　 Ukraine Small business owners in major cities continued to protest against the 25 day. New tax law Draft. Earlier, the Ukraine National Assembly passed a new tax law, which abolished the simplified fixed tax system for small business owners in January 1, 2016.

The new tax law recommends a small tax payment to the state at a fixed tax rate. enterprise 25% of the profits will be delivered in the future. The launch of the bill was strongly opposed by small business owners in the country, especially in the shops, cafes, taxis and other industries.

The Ukraine government says tax reform is essential to increase government revenue. Because of the IMF's $15 billion loan, Ukraine will reduce its deficit from 5% to 5.5% next year to 3.5%.

The government also said that the current tax law has been used by many companies in a bad way. They are evading taxes through small businesses.

According to reports, the new tax law stipulates that the profit tax rate of enterprises will be 25% in 2010 and 19% in January 1, 2011. It will drop to 18% from January 1, 2012 and 17% from January 1, 2013 to 16%. For small businesses with an annual turnover of less than US $400 thousand, the 5 year profit tax is exempt from the 10 year profit tax on hotels and light industries.