The Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada has endorsed the draft state budget for 2025 for consideration in the second reading, suggesting that communities retain 64% of the personal income tax (PIT), while canceling the subsidy to regional budgets amounting to 12.2 billion UAH to cover the difference in electricity tariffs, reported the committee chair Roksolana Pidlasa on Monday morning.
"We have retained 4% of the PIT (excluding military tax) in communities (which means a total of 64% for communities) for payments for utility services and energy resources, and accordingly, we cancel the subsidy to regional budgets to cover the tariff difference of 12.2 billion UAH. We have allowed frontline communities NOT to transfer the reverse payment to the state budget (a total of 593 million UAH)," - wrote her on Facebook.
In addition, the MPs accounted for $2 billion (90 billion UAH) in the Special Fund for external borrowings and expenditures of the Ministry of Defense, which is expected to come into the state budget from the UK specifically for covering military expenses, particularly for the purchase of weapons, noted Pidlasa.
At the same time, the relevant committee rejected the provision allowing funds to be directed for financing political parties in government bonds (OVGZ), as well as the transfer of hospital accounts in banks to the State Treasury.
According to her information, the committee proposed to additionally mobilize 128 million UAH in the 2025 state budget for "Ukrzaliznytsia" to co-finance a European railway infrastructure development project, which is a mandatory condition for the provision of European funds. An additional 277.1 million UAH is proposed to be allocated to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for research in the military field.
"The rest is as submitted by the government," - summarized the committee chair.
Next, a vote is expected on the draft state budget for 2025 in the second reading and as a whole.