The development of the National Revenue Strategy until 2030, caused significant criticism in the business environment, and its presentation took place without any broad public discussion, and its implementation carries risks for the Ukrainian economy, deputy mayor of Kyiv - secretary of the Kyiv city council, head of the Kyiv city organization of the party Udar Volodymyr Bondarenko said.

"The greatest criticism is caused by a number of provisions of the national strategy, which concern, in fact, the destruction of the simplified taxation system... This is happening amid deterioration in Ukraine's place in the ranking of economic freedoms... These risks, if the national revenue strategy is implemented until 2030, can lead to a significant shadowing of the economy, to transition of business into the shadows, tax evasion, as well as shifting the tax burden onto the end consumer, which in fact actually increases prices for all goods and services that we can present," Bondarenko said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

He noted that business today forms the basis of internal support for the defense and security forces of Ukraine, and also forms the basis for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

"Unfortunately, both the development of the national strategy and its presentation took place without any broad public discussion, discussion in an expert society and discussion with business representatives. A number of roundtable talks held on the initiative of the Udar party with representatives of the business environment indicate the fact that entrepreneurs are ready to join in developing the best practices for business, but the government is trying not to hear them," the deputy mayor of the Ukrainian capital emphasized.

He emphasized that a democratic country is impossible without appropriate economic freedoms.

"Both the business community and we, as representatives of the Udar political party, call on the government to begin a broad expert and public discussion of the National Revenue Strategy until 2030 in order to eliminate the risks that could lead to the transition of business into the shadows... We once again hope that the government will hear entrepreneurs, and we will be able to avoid another center for public discontent," Bondarenko concluded.