Ukraine has agreed with the IMF on a new loan program. In return, the fund demands to expand the tax base: what new taxes will have to be paid

This is the second financing program from the IMF during a full-scale war, but its volume is almost half that, Forbes Ukraine reports .

If the program is approved by the IMF Executive Board, the government may receive the first unconditional tranche of $1.5 billion, which does not require the fulfillment of beacons, in January 2026. The remaining funding should be distributed as follows:

• June — $0.6 billion;
• September — $0.6 billion;
• December — $0.9 billion.

That is, in total, Ukraine may receive about $3.8 billion from the IMF next year.

What are the requirements of the new program?

The condition for launching the new program is the adoption of the 2026 budget as a whole, the vote on which was postponed to December 2 due to lack of support.

Among the IMF's requirements are those related to taxes, namely:

• extend the payment of VAT and import duty to parcels worth up to €150, which are currently not taxed;
• expanding the taxpayer base by adopting and implementing the provisions of the law on taxation of digital platforms. That is, platforms such as Uber, Bolt, Uklon, OLX, Glovo, Prom.ua must pay 10% income tax;
• cancellation of privileges for registering VAT payers. According to People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, this is probably about introducing mandatory VAT payment for the second group of individual entrepreneurs, who currently pay a single tax of 20% of the minimum wage and the Single Social Contribution (SSC).

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