Jaresko: IMF mission's visit to Ukraine is delayed
Date of arrival to Ukraine of the assessment mission of the IMF is a key creditor of the country - until not defined, as in the Fund waiting for the draft state budget for 2016 And its article-by-article analysis, said to reporters on the first day of the week the head of the Ministry of Finance Natalia Yaresko.
before Jaresko said that the mission comes two weeks after local elections, which took place on 25 October. Last Friday the head of representation of IMF in Ukraine Jerome Vacher said that the date of arrival of the mission until not defined.
"Dates (arrival of the mission - ed.) so far there is no" - quoted expression Jaresko Ukrainian news Agency UNIAN.
However, she stressed that the need of approval by the Fund of the draft state budget for 2016 as long as unknown And the date of submission of the final budget to the Verkhovna Rada.
"We will submit a budget as soon as it is agreed with the IMF. We are required to work with them (with the IMF - ed.) on each article, for each billion, While we have not so many articles that can be reduced ", - stressed the head of the Ministry.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans to adopt the state budget for 2016 on the basis of the new tax system. At the moment there are two options of tax reform - from the government And from the people's representatives. Each of these options involves reduction of the expenditure budget, the draft of the Ministry of Finance by 60 billion UAH, Deputy - 200 billion.
Thus, according to the agreements with the IMF during the extended payment program, Kiev is obliged to reduce the budget for the subsequent year with a deficit not greater than 3, 7% of GDP. Before Jaresko said on the need for discussion on which articles in the state budget will be reduced on funding.
in her expressions, the Foundation budget must be fresh tax conversion. In this regard, said the head of the Ministry of Finance, government listens to business, And experts in the hope of finding a consensus between the " zero tax rates And what We have today."