IT-Ukraine: Be careful, the doors are closing!

From the new year, the current government plans to outlaw freelancing in Ukraine, to make the outsourcing market uncompetitive, and at the same time to put a fat cross on all sorts of Internet startups. With the help of the draft Tax Code , which is conceived to be enacted from January next year.

It is planned to withdraw from the simplified tax regime a very wide list of activities, in particular:

• Internet activity
• foreign economic activity
• advertising activity

A complete list of the types of "illegal activities" can be found in Ukrainian Pravda . In general, tax pressure may increase to 50 percent or more. Obviously, now freelancers and Internet startups of Ukraine will get some great alternatives:

• hurry to run abroad
• run in the shadows (do not pay taxes at all)
• hide under the caring wing of large firms and foundations

The latter, obviously, will do this only out of altruistic motives and love for their homeland or country of residence. One of the options, which is now widely discussed in the network: the venture fund of his wife Sergiy Tigipko , the vice-premier of the current government and one of the authors of these legislative initiatives.

A well-known character in Ukrainian politics, Mikhail Brodsky (co-author of new trends and the current chairman of the State Committee for part -time employment), in his same blog clearly and unequivocally recommends doing the last thing: “make out for work”.
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It is declared that the “reforms” will allow replenishing the state budget by 25 billion theoretical hryvnias. I wonder how - in one fell swoop, handing over the hens that carry the state golden eggs in the form of foreign exchange earnings?

via: uk.enetri.com

UPD1 : Translation of the news in English went to the main page on Slashdot .
UPD2 : On June 17, the draft Tax Code was voted by BP on first reading.

A big public request to the administration of the resource to return this topic to the public!