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Exclusive: Ukraine’s Finance Ministry quietly working to convince MPs to vote for unpopular tax change
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Exclusive: Ukraine’s Finance Ministry quietly working to convince MPs to vote for unpopular tax change

by Luca Léry Moffat

Ukraine's Finance Ministry is hoping to convince Ukrainian lawmakers to vote for unpopular tax changes — needed to keep receiving cash for foreign donors — with improvements to electronic tax filing systems. Kyiv has agreed to a long list of reforms as part of large financing packages from international partners, including the International Monetary Fund, the EU, and the World Bank. Ukraine relies on the cash to support its military and state services functioning. One of the most scrutinized r

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