Million losses instead of taxes: how the Tax Free scheme and "shuttle" import are destroying Ukrainian business

Million losses instead of taxes: how the Tax Free scheme and "shuttle" import are destroying Ukrainian business

Continuing the topic of what kills Ukrainian business the most.

Parcels or contraband schemes?

The answer to this question is illustrated in the photo taken yesterday at the «Hrushiv - Budomierz» checkpoint from the Polish side.

It shows Poles inspecting a van carrying a small batch of electronics to Ukraine, оформлюючи Tax Free from the Polish side (VAT refund).

Question to specialists.

How many taxes did Ukraine receive specifically from this van, given that private tax-free import of goods through road checkpoints is allowed up to 500 euros per person no more than once every 72 hours, and exclusively for personal consumption?

Now calculate how many goods travel under this Tax Free scheme, if on the same day yesterday at the «Shehyni - Medyka» post, during the night and day shifts of Bohdan Slonivskyi, the queue of vans for Tax Free exceeded 40 vehicles.

And if they are standing there, it means the goods are indeed moving.

And they move on this shift because Slonivskyi’s work continues to be coordinated by the «taken down» by us smuggling veteran Oleh Budz.

He is still in the game even in retirement. And without open competitions.

So let’s bring the budget-filling discussion back to real problems.

Any ideas on how to stop the vans and support Ukrainian business?