On December 11, representatives of leading Ukrainian business associations organized a joint meeting to discuss the conditions and principles for the creation of a national united business coalition. More than 50 business associations representing enterprises from all regions of Ukraine took part in the formation of a national business advocacy campaign.
SUP and URB associations presented to the participants of the meeting proposals for the first top 6 initiatives, which were unanimously supported by all business associations and participants of the meeting. The list includes:
- Substitution of profit tax by exit capital tax
- Reducing the tax burden on the wage fund
- Creation of a single authority for the investigation of economic crimes, liquidation of the tax police and other economic units of law enforcement agencies
- Introduction of paper free technologies: prohibition of state authorities to demand information contained in state databases
- Demonopolization of heat and energy markets, ensuring equality of access of participants in adjacent markets to natural monopoly products and services, in particular electricity networks and private traction
- Institutional reform of inspection and control bodies: introduction of personal responsibility, risk-oriented approach to inspections, holding open competitions for management positions.
