Arseniy Yatsenyuk stands for publicity of VAT refund procedures

Tax Services have begun the process of reimbursement of VAT. This was started by Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk at meeting with industrialists, entrepreneurs and employers on April 4.

As present at the meeting Deputy Minister of Incomes and Fees Ihor Bilous specified, as of today about UAH 3.8 billion has been reimbursed.

The Prime Minister warned against violations at the VAT refund, saying that criminal cases would be violated, "if the VAT will be refund as before - we VAT is refund not to those who need, but those who have been asked for."

He also stressed the need to disclose the information on reimbursed VAT. A. Yatsenyuk addressed to the First Deputy Minister of Incomes and Fees together with the Minister of Justice to develop an appropriate mechanism: "All we need - the consent of the enterprises that are reimbursed VAT on that to make information about them public."

"This will be the first step towards openness," the Prime Minister added.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk also stressed the need to combat corruption in the Customs and Tax Services: "I realize that for a month of the work of new Government it is difficult to combat all the corruption at middle and lower levels. It exists up to day and it is our main task - to destroy the corruption that destroys the Ukrainian business and trust in Ukraine," he said.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that he welcomed the decision of the Ministry of Income and Fees to eliminate the so-called two lists of taxation: the list of taxation to insiders and the list to outsiders who are not included into the approximate range."

He appealed to members of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (UUIE): "Do not seek ways to corruption. The less gray and black market we will have, the easier it will be work to all. We are interested in the revenues, and you are interested in getting a fair competition at your market, not protection of a particular business group," Arseniy Yatsenyuk said.