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Tax Incentives: How Can Ukrainians Protect Their Defense Industry Market?

Presentation of the Business Ombudsman Council's investigation: "Tax Incentives: How Can Ukrainians Protect Their Defense Industry Market?" Participants: – Roman Waschuk, Business Ombudsman – Yuliia Andrusiv, Deputy Business Ombudsman – Maryna Pavlenchyk, Senior Investigator, BOC – Vladyslav Kaluha, Junior Investigator, BOC All in person. Why is this important? Over the past years, individual complaints, followed by consultations with industry businesses and experts, have highlighted concerns: defense 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 defense capabilities. Against this background, the Council has initiated an investigation on its own initiative to examine the balance and administration challenges of the preferential VAT regime in Ukraine’s defense market. During the event, the Council’s team will present the findings of the study and provide recommendations on improving business conditions in the defense industry – essential for the development and strengthening of domestic production. Kyiv, March 25, 2025