How long must we wait for real steps from the government to support businesses suffering daily losses from Russian missile strikes?
When will the new government finally propose solutions? And what will they be?
These questions arise again after reviewing the bills included in the preliminary agenda of the Verkhovna Rada for the first week of September. Among them, they propose:
▪️ introducing VAT payment for parcels up to 150 euros;
▪️ creating a unified register of citizens’ bank accounts and safes;
▪️ strengthening control over individuals’ payment transactions;
▪️ regulating the taxation of virtual asset transactions;
▪️ improving mechanisms for industrial parks;
▪️ regulating certain issues of the Deposit Guarantee Fund’s activities.
Different bills. Different areas.
But does such an agenda meet the real needs for the survival of Ukrainian business?
How to compensate enterprises for the loss or damage of property to continue their operations?
- Necessary legislative solutions —NONE.
- Real access for affected businesses to cheap loans for recovery — NONE.
- A system of war risk insurance capable of covering such huge losses — NONE.
And this after all the statements about urgent meetings, business support, and seeking solutions.
Therefore, when forming the Verkhovna Rada’s agenda, it is worth not only introducing new rules, taxes, and controls.
There is a need to finally create real mechanisms for preserving and restoring Ukrainian business.
Ukrainian business has already developed its proposals.
Now the question is — is the government ready to hear them and turn them into decisions?
And there seems to be a very strange sequence emerging.
The International Register of Losses for Ukraine has opened a new category of applications — “Loss of Paid Employment”.
Now Ukrainians who lost paid work or income from self-employment due to Russian aggression can register their losses and apply for future compensation.
For sole proprietors who lost income due to the war, a separate category is already in place — “Loss of Private Entrepreneurship”.
In total, 30 categories of applications have already been opened in the Register. And this is undoubtedly needed. Russia must pay for the damages caused to Ukraine and Ukrainians.
But I look at this after all our discussions in recent weeks about destroyed enterprises, warehouses, stores — and another question arises.
We are already creating the possibility of registering a job loss. But what are we doing today so people do not lose their jobs?
So that an enterprise can quickly recover after a Russian strike, access affordable financing, rebuild production or warehouse, and continue paying salaries?
Because international compensation is a matter of the future. The enterprise and its workers need to survive today.
Otherwise, there seems to be a strange state logic: first, not creating sufficient mechanisms to preserve businesses and jobs, and then offering people to register a job loss.
Here, one really wants to ask: is everyone supposed to save themselves for now?
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