Tax Sustainability in Ukraine: A Case of Agricultural Companies

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the tax sustainability of agricultural companies in Ukraine. This article developed the following working hypotheses, which were derived from the main purpose of the study. The methodology for the assessment of tax sustainability has been improved due to the development of indicators of tax sustainability at all levels of the tax hierarchy. Our study confirms the hypothesis that the tax sustainability of Ukraine is worse than that of OECD member countries. The hypothesis that the tax sustainability of agricultural companies in Ukraine is worse compared to other sectors of the economy was confirmed as well. The main reason for the instability in the tax system and taxation of the agricultural sector of Ukraine is changes in tax legislation. The issue linked to the instability of agricultural companies is the lack of a company tax strategy. The research results presented in the paper are of considerable importance for ensuring the tax sustainability of agricultural companies in Ukraine.

Tax policy and activation of internal factors of economic growth: EU experience for Ukraine

“…Storonyanska et al (2023), analyzing trends in the economy and their potential impact on the tax capacity of local budgets, emphasize the need to diversify the sources of tax revenues to provide municipalities with an appropriate level of sustainability considering constant economic changes. Systemic structural crises in the Ukrainian economy have necessitated the choice of effective forms of tax mechanisms for its regulation (Turyanskyy et al, 2020;Davydenko et al, 2022;Boiko et al, 2023). The total tax burden on business in Ukraine reaches 41.5% of corporate profits, which exceeds similar indicators of most European countries.…”