Implementation features of the basic principles of the tax system in Ukraine

Abstract

The article examines The role of the tax system in the complex of institutional entities of Ukraine is investigated and its importance in the processes of regulating business activity in Ukraine is shown in this paper. Special attention is paid to the imperfections of the current tax system, particularly, in terms of the existence of opportunities for the formation of fictitious schemes based on the involvement of entities of different organizational and legal forms and taxation systems. The dynamics of the number of sole traders and legal entities in Ukraine for the period 2014–2020 is shown and it is revealed that the situation in business sphere of Ukraine, the significant predominance of the number of sole traders over registered legal entities remains traditional. It is largely related. with simplified procedures for conducting business, accounting, reporting and payment of taxes for micro and small businesses. The following principles of the tax system of Ukraine are analyzed: the principle of universality, equality of all taxpayers according to the law, the inevitability of liability under the law in case of violation of tax legislation, presumption of legality of taxpayer decisions, fiscal sufficiency, social justice, tax efficiency, neutrality and stability, uniformity and convenience. payment of tax liabilities, a single approach to the establishment of taxes and fees. Features of financial, administrative and criminal liability for violations in the field of tax legislation are described. Groups of penalties that can be applied to taxpayers, in particular, for failure to file tax returns; for understatement of tax liabilities, which are revealed as a result of tax audits; for making arithmetic or methodological errors in the submitted tax returns; for non-payment or late payment of tax liabilities are defined. As the result of the analysis of the principle of fiscal sufficiency of the tax system in Ukraine, its connection with the budget system is shown, as the implementation of budgetary goals and its financial support largely depend on the results of the tax system.