The authorities are being asked to lower the rent for land used by the Ministry of Defense in Mykolaiv

Representatives of the Housing and Operating Department (KEU) are asking the authorities to grant a 100% exemption from the payment of land tax for lands under the operational management of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for 2025.

This was discussed during the meeting of the Mykolayiv City Council commission on budget issues, NikVesti writes.

The head of the budget commission, Fedir Panchenko, said that these issues are not being considered yet. Currently, the Mykolaiv City Council has sent an appeal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of obtaining clarifications regarding the possibility of using such measures.

«Now we are waiting for a response from the Verkhovna Rada. Until we receive an official state position, I suggest that we take note of the state letter, and only then consider similar appeals,» Fedir Panchenko said.

We will remind you that the head of the «European Solidarity» faction in the Mykolaiv City Council on legality issues at the Mykolaiv City Council Olena Kiseliova proposes to reduce the rent rate for land for Mykolaiv developers from 3% to 1%.

Prior to this, deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers and People's Deputies with a request to allocate a subsidy in the amount of 479.93 million hryvnias from the state budget in order to exempt businesses from paying taxes for 2024.

Prior to that, Mykolaiv businessmen appealed to the editorial office of NikVesti, asking the authorities to revise tax rates and reduce the rent for the use of land by 50% for the possibility of conducting trade activities.

In the letter, they complained that doing business in wartime conditions is survival, particularly because of high taxes.

Mykolaiv residents also cited the example of Kharkiv, where certain categories of citizens were exempted from paying rent. The Mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, then explained that this would reduce the burden on tenants, who in fact did not have the opportunity to use the rented property for its intended purpose.