Previously, I wrote that the taxation of parcels divided the country. But I never imagined how determined we would be NOT TO HEAR EACH OTHER.
Some argued that parcel tax would protect Ukrainian producers. Then it turned out that among the most active supporters are those who sell Chinese or other imported goods.
Others defended every Ukrainian who buys a trinket abroad.
The truth, as always, is somewhere in the middle.
What strikes me most once again is the lack of dialogue and the unwillingness to hear each other’s arguments.
Today is already the fifth or sixth round of discussions on these bills.
I have prepared amendments on several significant points that were simply missed in the preparation of the projects. Because everyone is more interested not in what is written in the law, but in who will win.
My proposals concerned three blocks:
- procedures regarding parcels from individual to individual – up to 45 euros and above, especially when the sender and recipient are relatives;
- determining who is responsible for accounting and paying VAT on parcel costs: not the electronic interface enterprise, but the intermediary to whom these functions are delegated;
- the start period for applying new standards taking into account the seasonality of postal operators’ work.
All these proposals were heard by the working group. Thank you at least for this opportunity. Perhaps someone will later remember that these risks were mentioned. None of the proposals have been taken into account.
And now the main point.
Maybe it’s enough to look for enemies in every issue? Because what’s been happening in recent weeks really shocks me.
The media urge members of parliament to vote quickly – there is no money, deadlines, the country is in danger.
And what has the government done to make the voting of the next plenary week truly effective? Has it rethought its work with the parliamentary body on draft laws at all?
I don’t see that.
And here’s another question, which became particularly acute for me after a recent commission meeting on the import of fabrics and other goods through so-called cargo companies.
We argue for months about parcels worth tens or hundreds of euros. But what is happening with imports entering by containers, where goods are measured not by parcels, but by tons?
If hundreds of companies can be involved in tax evasion schemes during import, why has this issue not been resolved?
Why is the entire social conflict today centered around parcels?
Government, parliamentarians:
Where is the scale of the problem greater?
Where are the greater budget losses?
And where, ultimately, should the state have been working for years?
Making decisions about parcels will be difficult.
But it’s even more difficult to make them when instead of a normal dialogue we divide everyone into “friends” and “enemies,” leaving much bigger questions unanswered.
Photo: Nova Poshta
