The State Tax Service of Ukraine will ensure effective cooperation with the newly established Bureau of Economic Security so that to reduce the shadow economy and eliminate unfair competition, Head of the State Tax Service Oleksiy Liubchenko has stated.
“We constantly hear from business about insecurity from the willfulness of various state law enforcement agencies. At the same time, there are well-established shadow economic unions in the country, which have in fact turned into real criminal groups in the economic sphere,” Liubchenko stressed.
According to him, the establishment of the Bureau of Economic Security in the form and with the same tasks and powers as provided by the law will protect business from wrongful interference in its activities, while the law enforcement system will focus on efficient combating organized crime in the economic sphere and prosecuting those who lead such activities.
“The State Tax Service of Ukraine intends to ensure efficient cooperation with the newly created law enforcement analytical body to reduce the shadow economy and eliminate unfair competition that hinders the work of honest taxpayers,” said Liubchenko. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)