Ukrainian Agri Council (UAC) has submitted its proposals to simplify the procedures for renewing the registration of tax invoices of agricultural enterprises.

Olga Bohdanova, Deputy Chairman of UAC on Tax Policy, presented them during the last meeting of the working group on the operational solution of taxation issues in the agricultural sector. It took place with the participation of the leadership of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, the State Tax Service of Ukraine, representatives of relevant agricultural associations and regional state administrations (RSA).

"There is no decision to abolish the mechanism of suspension of tax invoices, as this system is effective in fighting against VAT frauds. Therefore, in the work of UAC, we focused on changes that will simplify the procedure for the agricultural producer to submit documents to renew the registration of the tax invoice submit the data table of the taxpayer, the status of a risk payer cancel. Currently, the working group at the Ministry of Finance has developed amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers №1165

"On approval of procedures for suspension of tax invoices/calculation of adjustments registration in the Unified Register of Tax Invoices" and the Tax Code of Ukraine, respectively," Olga Bohdanova mentioned.

The Deputy Chairman of UAC presented the main theses of the amendments to the Resolution №1165, to the development of which the association actively participated. In particular, they provide for the possibility of administrative and judicial appeals against the non-acceptance of the taxpayer's table by the fiscal service, the possibility to declare the intention to be present when the issue of assigning the status of a "risky" enterprise are going to be considered.

"The second way is to increase the tax culture and conduct training for both fiscal service professionals and farms. Ukrainian Agri Council and the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine have launched a joint project, during which experts analyze the reasons for suspending the agricultural enterprises tax invoices registration on the real cases of enterprises participating in UAC. If everything is clear and confirmed by reporting, the invoices  registration will not be stopped," Olga Bohdanova said.

The Deputy Chairman of UAC demonstrated training materials and examples that had already been developed for UAC members. During the meeting of the working group they discussed the possibility of Olga Bohdanova to conduct trainings for agricultural enterprises with the participation of regional state administrations and regional departments of the fiscal service.