“Taxes in temporarily occupied territories” – joint webinar of the State Tax Service and the Business Ombudsman CouncilChapter: News

Participants of the new webinar of the State Tax Service and the Business Ombudsman Council discussed peculiarities of paying taxes in temporarily occupied territories.

Speakers informed about legislative regulation of the grounds for confirming possibility or impossibility of the taxpayer’s fulfillment of obligations specified in Sub-paragraph 69.1 Paragraph 69 Sub-section 10 Section XX "Transitional provisions" of the Tax Code of Ukraine.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine № 225 as of 29.07.2022 defines procedure for confirming the taxpayer’s possibility or impossibility to fulfill tax obligations, as well as the list of documents that taxpayers can submit for such confirmation. In particular, webinar participants were explained how to use this mechanism, attention was focused on certain points submitting relevant applications.

Benefits provided by the law for land tax and real estate tax other than land plot for payers from temporarily occupied territories were also considered during the event.

Importance and relevance of the webinar topic was evidenced by a significant number of questions from participants. Representatives of the State Tax Service provided answers to questions of payers who entered chat during the event, considering specific examples and situations.

“We encourage payers to participate in such webinars, it is important for us to hear what topics are relevant to them. All questions that come to us during such events are necessarily processed and answered. This adds efficiency to such meetings and at the same time reduces number of complaints from payers.” – stated Director of the Legal Entities Taxation Department of the State Tax Service Tetiana Hrechana.