The land tax exemption in Mykolaiv has been extended until the end of the war

Mykolaiv City Council. Photo: NikVesti

Mykolaiv City Council has approved the extension of land tax relief for businesses affected by the war. Although various proposals were put forward, councillors decided that the relief will remain in place until the end of martial law and for a further six months thereafter.

This decision was adopted at a city council session today, 9 April, according to NikVesti.

Ihor Nabatov, First Deputy Director of the Housing and Utilities Department, stated that it is proposed to amend last year’s city council decision on land tax for businesses affected by the armed aggression — to extend the relief for them.

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«A technical amendment. In fact, we are simply extending the validity of this decision, and the concessions introduced by it, for one year. I would like to point out that there was a proposal from the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning to change this period not to one year, but to two years, that is, until 31 December 2027,» said Ihor Nabatov.

Instead, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych proposed to councillors that the concession be extended until the end of martial law and for six months thereafter. Councillor Dmytro Ivanov, however, believed that this should be done not merely until the end of the war, but until the facilities are rebuilt.

«What is six months? The facilities are destroyed, there is no money, and there is no money for reconstruction. Therefore, this exemption must be extended until the facility is rebuilt and put into operation,» proposed Dmytro Ivanov.
«Then we’ll end up with all these unfinished facilities. They won’t be completed in our lifetime. And they won’t be put into operation. Such a decision is risky… It is short-sighted and dangerous, I would say. Then people will simply use the land without restoring those destroyed facilities, even building new ones right next to them. And the destroyed ones will not be restored,» replied the mayor.

In the end, the councillors voted to extend the concessions until the end of martial law plus six months thereafter. Thirty-six councillors voted in favour.

It should be recalled that the city council has given its consent to the development of a new land valuation for Mykolaiv. Deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council cast 29 votes to update the city’s standard monetary valuation, on which land tax and the cost of land rent depend. Technical documentation, costing around 3.5 million hryvnias, must now be drawn up. However, approval of the valuation does not guarantee that the amount of payments to the budget will not change.