17 November 2015, 09:55
On November 11, the Committee members eyed the draft laws No. 2495a "On amendments to Tax Code of Ukraine" in view of the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On combating corruption" and No. 2496a "On amendments to Customs Code of Ukraine" in view of the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On combating corruption."
The draft law No. 2495a offers to amend the Tax Code of Ukraine to bring some of its provisions touching submission of tax declarations by persons authorized to fulfill state or local self-government authorities, taking state office and serving at control agencies in line with the provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On combating corruption."
The Committee members generally supported the objective of the draft law, however, noted that that it was inexpedient to amend Item 179.11 of Article 179 of the Tax Code of Ukraine and it would be more expedient to invalidate it at all as the issues of submission of tax declaration were already enshrined in the Tax Code of Ukraine but not in the Law of Ukraine "On combating corruption."
The draft law No. 2496a offers to expand the effect of the Law of Ukraine "On combating corruption" for officials at revenues and tax agencies, and also to specify the circle of persons mentioned in Section 3 of Article 570 of the Customs Code of Ukraine, who cannot be appointed to revenues and tax agencies. Besides, it offers to supplement the Article with a term on holding special examination of persons pretending for a position in the said agencies.
The people's deputies supported amending of the Customs Code of Ukraine to ensure single order of application of anticorruption mechanisms introduced by the Law of Ukraine "On combating corruption."