Collective appeal to the leadership of the State community organizations of the forestry sector.

Amendment, which provides additional land tax on all forested lands of Ukraine, which was entered into the adopted on July 10, 2018, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine bill 6490-D "On amendments to the tax code of Ukraine and certain laws of Ukraine on Stimulation of the formation and activity of family farms, forced public organizations of forestry, scientific, forestry and hunting in a joint meeting to take a collective appeal to the leadership of the state, which Caused by anxiety for unpredictable consequences for forestry from imposing additional tax. Managers of six all-Ukrainian public organizations, among which are Lisidelcha Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, all-Ukrainian public organization Society of Forestry, association «Furniture», Ukrainian Association of woodworking Equipment, The Ukrainian Hunting and Fishing Association, the Public Council under the State Committee appealed to the leadership of the State and parliamentarians with the following appeal.

President of Ukraine Peter Alekseevich

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Parubiu Andriyu Vladimirovich

Prime Minister of Ukraine Grojsmanu Volodymyr Borisoviču

The first deputy of the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine martinûku Maxim Petrovevych

Acting Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Policy and land relations
Of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Borisoviču

Acting Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Policy, environmental management
and elimination of consequences of the Chornobyl accident of the Verkhovna Rada of
Dyheating Anatoliy Borisoviču

Chairman of the Committee on Tax and Customs policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Juzhaninnil Nina Pettier

Chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy and entrepreneurship of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Galasiku Victor Valerianychu

Collective appeal of public organizations of forestry, scientific, forestry and hunting directions

    Bill 6490 "on amendments to the tax code of Ukraine and certain laws of Ukraine on stimulating the formation and activity of Family farms" was amended, which envisages land tax on all the forested lands of Ukraine.
In fact it involves double taxation. The current tax system is already in charge of forest land tax as a component of the annuity.
The subject of taxation for the special use of forest resources was harvested wood in the woods over 40 years and secondary forest materials, side forest use and use of useful properties of forests (recreation, Sport, health improvement, etc.). In this case, the amount of tax in forests of the state agency of forest resources of Ukraine amounted to 900 mln. UAH, of which 50% were made to the State budget, and 50% to local. The land tax was part of this tax.
NET land tax came to the local budget, was calculated on the non-forested land, which is a part of the Land of forestry destination, where farmland, buildings and administrative building of forestry enterprises, lines Power, etc.
In the application of the specified norms besides the annuity is assumed for all the forest land is another tax (in fact it is double taxation).
Therefore, the introduction of a new land tax on all the forest lands of Ukraine will lead:
1.    To the necessity of taxation of land, which are in the stage of creation of the tree-states (unforested forest crops, log houses, gaps) or on which the plantations are growing up to 40 years of age and in which it is impossible to get wood suitable for realization (profitable Grow farming crops than forests).
2.    All the protective forests of the southern and eastern regions of the steppe and forest-steppe zones, which are already the last three years are without budget support, where 50% of employees are liberated, and the area of forest fires every year increases.
3.    The forests with limited forest use-in the reserves of regional and local importance of other objects of natural-reserved fund are taxed.
At the total realization of almost 14 bln. Uah.. For 2017 year, the total amount of taxes of forestry enterprises is about 4 bln. Uah. Additional land tax will be added to this amount from 3 to 10 bln. UAH, depending on the decision of local communities.
In this case, this will lead:
1.    To the price hike at least 1.5-2 times the wood sold on the market.
2.    Due to the high cost of wood most enterprises of woodworking industry will be stopped, and therefore stop work and forestry enterprises.
3.    To the risks of increasing the intensity of the ruse, which could adversely affect the performance improvement, improving the quality of forests and preserving biodiversity in the forests.
4.    To a significant increase in the cost of keeping hunting farms.
Such a system of taxation, as provided by the amendment, taking into account the other taxes already paid, there is no EU and developed countries in the world.
On behalf of the Association and Public organizations, which have combined hundreds of thousands of workers in forestry, woodworking industry and hunting economy, ask you to exclude from the specified bill this amendment through The mechanism of its re-voting, or through the veto of the President of Ukraine.
We believe that the establishment of the Fund of forestry financing in accordance with the decree of the President of Ukraine № 381/2017 of November 21, 2017. and draft laws "on amendments to the Budgetary code of Ukraine (on improvement of the mechanism of financial support of the forest industry)" № 8239; «on amendments to paragraph 256.3 of article 256 of the Tax Code of Ukraine (concerning financial provision of the forest industry)» № 8240; "On amendments to the Law of Ukraine" on the state budget of Ukraine for 2018 year "(concerning financial support of the forestry industry)" № 8246; "On amendments to the Forest Code of Ukraine (on improving the mechanism of financial support of the forest industry)" № 8238 could solve the issue of financing the complex of measures on protection, protection, expanded reproduction of the South and East, and local budgets can be directed 100% fees for the special use of forest resources.
We believe that the introduction of this amendment to a sufficiently thought-out law is aimed at supporting farms, does not comply with the norms of this law.  This amendment will cause significant public resonance and increase social tension primarily in rural areas. It is destructive, directed to the collapse of forestry industry, conflicts with local communities and agriculture.
This amendment will block investments in the woodworking industry and make it impossible to create new jobs in forest regions of Ukraine, where people and so are traveling to work in EU countries.

Chairman of the Public Council under the State forestry-A. I. Karpuk
Vice-president of the Forestry Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, director of forest and Garden-park economy Nubip-P. i. Lakida
Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Public organization Association of Forestry of Ukraine-Yu. M. Marchuk
President of the association «Furniture»-Yu. S. Medvedev
President of Ukrainian Association of woodworking Equipment-O. о. Tverdokhlib
Chairman of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Board of Hunting and Fishing Association-M. S. Shuliar

According to the information https://tlu.kiev.ua/novini-zakhodi/novina/article/kolektivne-zvernennja-do-kerivnictva-derzhavi-gromadskikh-organizacii-lisovogo-sektoru.html