19 December 2013, 17:06
increase excise tax rate on beer by 35%, on cider and perry (without adding alcohol) by 50%, on alcohol and other alcoholic drinks by 14%, as well as on tobacco products, tobacco and industrial tobacco substitutes;
postpone lowering of VAT (to 17%), stipulated by a current norm of the Tax Code of Ukraine, to the year 2015;
gradual lowering of VAT rate of enterprises from 19% to 16% (in 2014 in amount of 18%, in 2015 – 17%, in 2016 – 16%) over 3 years;
introduce exemption from imposition of VAT on operations with waste paper, etc.
The respective bill was registered under No. 3757.