OREANDA-NEWS. Protest rallies of entrepreneurs planned for May 21 and aimed at abolishing resolutions of the Government concerning an obligatory due to the Pension Fund for the persons working at the simplified taxation system is a provocation of political forces. The Head of the State Committee for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship Olexandra Kuzhel announced during a press conference at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine today.

“This is not a strike of small and average business. It has been organized by one of the political forces which has had an opportunity to approve a law on simplified system of taxation, long before the crisis started,” Olexandra Kuzhel stressed.

The head of State Committee for Entrepreneurship emphasized in majority of cases citizens strike not against small and average business but protest against extortion introduced by local authorities.

“The phone calls were received from Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, they are coming, but in reality they are fighting against local authorities that fail to fulfill a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers… They are coming with this pain but used for other purposes… Instead of cooperating with the local authorities chosen by themselves (entrepreneurs), striking against local power, they are used against the Prime Minister,” Olexandra Kuzhel stressed.

She imparted the Government has devised the simplest and most transparent system of payment of pension dues as for now the entrepreneurs have to pay extra UAH 124 in average to the present single tax. Besides, they have a right to correct the rate of their pension towards increase on their own, by paying a higher sum of pension due. “This is not a desire to collect taxes, these funds don’t flow into the budget, it is a personified register of the Pension Fund, this is their social protection,” Olexandra Kuzhel explained.

At the same time, deputy head of the State Tax Administration Serhii Lekar has refuted information that the STA conducts pre-term collection of taxes: “How can you pay for July if even May declaration hasn’t submitted yet? Any statements heard today that payments for July, August are due appear just incorrect. These issues can be discussed only after the declaration is submitted, only then a level of overpayment or tax obligations are formed”.

He also added voluntary forming of order of payments within the limits of calendar month exists nowadays.