Ukrainian MPs committee approves higher excise tax for cigarettes
Source: Yaroslav Zheleznyak/Telegram
Taxes in Ukraine will see considerable increase next year and cigarette prices are puffing along.
Starting January 2025, they will rise by 40 hryvnias, according MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak. The excise tax increase was approved by Ukraine’s parliamentary finance and customs committee. On Wednesday, its 18 members voted in favor of a government bill that will tie cigarette taxes to the euro instead of the hryvnia.
This adjustment aligns with EU directives and aims to gradually raise tax rates to meet minimum levels. The policy is expected to generate an additional 20 billion UAH for the budget next year.
In just 1.5 months, Ukrainian specialists have created an innovative protective shell for the control modules of anti-aircraft missile systems (AMS) Patriot and Iris-T SLM. This development was another step in strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities, aimed at protecting key elements of the air defense system from debris damage.
Military serviceman of the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine with the call sign “Paradox” is the crew commander of the American M113 armored personnel carrier. He is a master at using it and is constantly improving, because the legionnaire’s skills are tested every day in battle. You have to drive to the front lines, often under artillery fire and drone attacks.
Notorious supporter of the concept “in order for a cow to eat less and give more milk, it needs to be fed less and milked more” “Servant of the People” Danylo Hetmantsev, under the guise of “business requirements”, registered a draft law on the collection of VAT on all foreign purchases, regardless of their value. In other words, every Ukrainian, buying goods of any value and purpose abroad, when sending them to Ukraine, will have to pay an additional fifth part, or 20% of the cost of the goods.
Source: UJCU A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a facade of a synagogue in Mykolaiv…
Source: Taras Melnychuk/Telegram In another re-jig of regional administrations, two governors left their post to…