The Centre for Economic Strategy and colleagues from the RRR4U* consortium continue to monitor the Ukrainian government’s compliance with its commitments to international partners. We will present the monitoring of the implementation of the IMF program and the Ukraine Plan in May 2025. The special topic: “Can Ukraine maintain financial stability without raising taxes?”.
The spotlight is on the ongoing dialogue between the Ukrainian government and the International Monetary Fund over the necessity of introducing tax reforms.
According to media reports, recent consultations in Washington covered potential measures such as raising the VAT rate, introducing a progressive personal income tax scale (PIT), and stepping up efforts to combat the shadow economy.
The event will take place on May 28 at 15:00 via Zoom.
Registration is available via the link: https://ces.org.ua/en/events/taxes-and-stability/
Event schedule:
15:00 – 15:05 Welcome remarks, Roman Nitsovych, Research Director at DiXi Group.
15:05 – 15:15 Is Ukraine ready for the eighth IMF program review? Viacheslav Kurylo, Policy Analyst at the Institute for Analytics and Advocacy.
15:15 – 15:30 Status of implementation of the Ukraine Facility program, Oleksandra Betliy, Leading Research Fellow of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting.
15:30 – 15:40 Special topic: “Can Ukraine maintain financial stability without raising taxes?”, Bohdan Slutskyi, Economist at the Centre for Economic Strategy.
15:40 – 16:30 Discussion among representatives of the government, business, and expert community.
Invited speakers:
Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy.
IMF Representatives (TBC).
Business Representatives.
Moderator: Yurii Gaidai, Senior Economist at the Centre for Economic Strategy.
*RRR4U (Resilience, Reconstruction and Relief for Ukraine) is a consortium of four Ukrainian civil society organizations: the Centre for Economic Strategy, the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, the Institute for Analytics and Advocacy, and DiXi Group.
RRR4U publishes monthly monitoring reports on Ukraine’s fulfillment of the conditions of key international financial programs with the IMF and the EU. You can find previous editions on the consortium’s website – https://rrr4u.org/.
The event is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.
