The rate of value added tax (VAT) on livestock products, rye, oats, flax seeds and sugar beets, reduced from the beginning of the year to 14%, will be returned to the level of 20%.
An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that the Verkhovna Rada adopted bill No. 5425-d on Thursday with 309 supportive votes with the required minimum of 226 votes.
The 20% rate will again apply to products with tariff heading 0102 (live cattle), 0103 (live pigs), 0104 10 (live sheep), 0401 (in terms of whole milk), 1002 (rye), 1004 (oats), 1204 00 (flax seeds), 1207 (seeds and fruits of other oilseeds), and 1212 91 (sugar beet).
At the same time, with respect to other grains and oilseeds, the VAT rate remained 14%. In particular, these are goods with codes according to tariff heading 1001 (wheat and meslin), 1003 (barley), 1005 (corn), 1201 (soybeans), 1205 (rape seeds) and 1206 00 (sunflower seeds).
As the head of the specialized agrarian committee Mykola Solsky said earlier, the idea of lowering prices and reducing tax violations at a reduced rate of 14% did not work for livestock products. The adopted bill is aimed at promoting the stability of the price situation in the relevant commodity markets, as well as creating equal and fair conditions for VAT taxation for agricultural producers and enterprises of the processing industry.
