The head of the Council’s Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danylo Getmantsev, explained that the law on the “OLX tax” is not actually about taxing the sale of things, but about a tax on preferential sales of things. The introduction of this law is supported by large platforms such as Bolt, Uber, Glovo, etc. He said this in a comment to “Apostrophe”.
“You said “OLX tax”. Do you know that today every thing you sell is taxed at a rate of 23%? According to the law, according to the tax code, you have to, and this norm has been in effect for 25-30 years, file a declaration and pay 23% for the sale of any thing”.
According to him, the new bill states that each person receives a benefit of 2,000 euros per year for the sale of any things, and for an amount exceeding 2,000 euros – 5%.
“That is, this law is not about the “OLX tax”, not about taxation of sales of things, but about a tax on preferential sales of things. The fact that the same OLX does not yet take 23% from people, does not receive it as a tax agent, does not indicate that this norm does not exist, but that OLX does not comply with the norm that has existed for 20 years. These are big risks for it.”
He added that this is why large platforms Bolt, Uber, Glovo, etc. support the introduction of this law, since it provides a simple way to receive a reduced tax of 5%, compared to the method and rate that are currently in place.
