Податкова політика України

Abstract

The article outlines the current state of development of the Ukrainian economy, defines the nature and role of tax policy in its further development. The goals of tax policy in the aspect of the evolution of tax policy are outlined, ranging from representatives of the classical school of political economy, marginalists, Keynesians, neoclassics and at the present stage of its development. They identify the stimulation of industrial development, production and the optimal ratio between production and consumption, optimality of demand-supply ratio with increasing marginal utility, stimulation of economic activity through use of taxes as levers of market economy development, implementation of long-term strategy of stable financial policy for the future for change in shortterm episodic measures, and those that are important in the current conditions: improvement of the organization of tax collection, clarification of their composition and structure in the total amount of fees and payments, regulation of tax rates, optimization of the ratio between tax revenues from legal entities and individuals, ensuring the even distribution of the tax burden between taxpayers, filling the state budget through the expansion of the tax base, mitigation of cyclical fluctuations in the economy, ensuring sustainable development of economic and social priorities of society, budget financing government spending, improving fiscal efficiency of taxes. The classification of tax policy instruments according to the classification features is presented: 1) by purpose, that is, the direction of influence (incentive (incentive), compensatory (supportive), disincentive (restraining)), 2) by nature of the goals of socio-economic development (strategic , operational (tactical)) ); 3) by sphere of influence (economic, social, environmental); 4) by mechanism of influence (systemic, complex, elemental). The directions of development of tax policy of Ukraine are outlined.