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UKRAINE WANTS TO ABOLISH VAT ON INTERNAL FLIGHTS

12 June , 2020  

The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine will insist on the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the law on the abolition of value added tax (VAT) on internal flights, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy has said.
“Aviation is gradually returning to the sky. Internal regular passenger flights started on June 5, and international flights will resume on June 15. There are still challenges for the industry. Therefore, we will insist on the fact, that the Verkhovna Rada support the abolition of value added tax for internal flights,” he wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday, June 11.
Earlier, SkyUp Airlines (Kyiv) announced the urgent need to abolish VAT on domestic flights in order to maintain affordable prices for tickets within geographic expansion.

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