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HEAD OF THE EU: EUR 190 MLN PROVIDED BY EU TO UKRAINE COVERS SUPPORT FOR CULTURE AND CREATIVE SECTOR

The support package of EUR 190 million provided by the European Union to Ukraine covers support for the culture and creative sector of Ukraine as well, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas has said.
At the Creative Ukraine forum in Kyiv on Thursday, Maasikas said the EU has shown solidarity with Ukraine in the face of the pandemic crisis by quickly mobilizing EUR 190 million support package covering the health crisis and social and economic relief, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises, which also covers the creative sector, vulnerable groups and civil society.
The head of the EU Delegation also said that culture and creativity will remain an important part of the EU and Ukrainian cooperation, both the sector itself and views and values that the EU shares with the Ukrainian people.

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UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES AT FIRST READING BILL REDUCING VAT TO 7% FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF CULTURE, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

Verkhovna Rada has passed at first reading the President’s draft law on reducing value added tax (VAT) to 7% for representatives of culture, tourism, creative industries.
An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that some 273 MPs voted in favor of bill No. 3851 on amending the Tax Code of Ukraine to support culture, tourism and creative industries at first reading at the meeting on Tuesday, September 15.
“Since our field of work mainly requires offline performance and it is extremely difficult to shift to online mode, therefore we believe that… theatre, opera, ballet, music, concert, other performances, … production of … films and so on may be charged 7% VAT,” noted the Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko at the presentation of the law.
He added that the bill provides for 7% VAT for operations related to temporary accommodation services provided by hotels, in view of the extremely high losses that this sector suffered due to quarantine measures.
“This law had been the subject of lengthy debates in the relevant ministries and I ask you now to lend a hand to the field of culture and creative industries,” Tkachenko summed up.

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UKRAINE PLANS TO INTRODUCE TAX BENEFITS TO SUPPORT CULTURE, TOURISM AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

The Verkhovna Rada intends to amend the Tax Code of Ukraine to support culture, tourism and creative industries.
Some 273 MPs voted in favor of bill No. 3851 at first reading.
According to an explanatory note to the bill, the document proposes to introduce tax mechanisms to provide state support to the spheres of culture, tourism and creative industries in order to prevent their stagnation, preserve and create new jobs.
The bill, in particular, proposes not to tax corporate profits, income of individuals, and a single income tax in the form of a cultural grant.
According to the bill, a cultural grant means “targeted assistance in the form of funds or property, which are provided on a free and irrevocable basis at the expense of the national and/or local budgets, international technical assistance for the implementation of a project or a program in the fields of culture, tourism and creative industries.
In addition, in terms of value added tax, it is proposed not to tax operations on import into the customs territory of Ukraine (import of goods) that are part of the national cinematic heritage.
It is also proposed not to tax certain operations for the supply of national films until January 1, 2025, and from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2025, not to tax operations on the supply of services for the demonstration, distribution and screening of national films and foreign films that are dubbed, voiced in the state language on the territory of Ukraine, provided that such films are adapted, in accordance with the legislation, in the Ukrainian language version for persons with visual and hearing impairments.

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