The Business Ombudsman Council invites media representatives to the press event “Tax Incentives: How Can Ukrainians Protect Their Defence Industry Market? Results of the BOC’s Own-Initiative Investigation”.
Since the first days of russia’s invasion, the Council has been openly communicating with representatives of the Ukrainian defence business, which has become not only a tool for survival but also a pillar of resilience and future security.
Over the past years, individual complaints, followed by consultations with industry businesses and experts, have highlighted concerns: defence companies have questions about the state’s tax policy, particularly the preferential VAT taxation regime. Due to unbalanced tax benefits, domestically produced defence-related products are more expensive than imported counterparts. At the same time, the taxation regime for the repair and modernization of military equipment creates a mechanism for financial outflows from one state to another, which may also negatively impact national defence capabilities.
Given the feedback from the defence industry and the Council’s extensive expertise in taxation, the Council has initiated a new investigation on its own initiative to examine the balance and administration challenges of the preferential VAT regime in Ukraine’s defence market.
During the event, the Council’s team will present the findings of the study and provide recommendations to government authorities on improving business conditions in the defence industry—essential for the development and strengthening of domestic production.
When: March 25, 2025, at 12:00 PM
Where: Media Center Ukraine, 9 Borysa Hrinchenka St.
Duration: 60 minutes
Speakers:
Roman Waschuk, Business Ombudsman
Yulia Andrusiv, Deputy Business Ombudsman
Marina Pavlenchik, Senior Investigator
Journalist accreditation is open via the link: https://bit.ly/4iG2JKU
The event will be streamed online.
