{"id":1333887,"date":"2025-12-17T12:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-itch-of-pathetic-managers-how-the-government-put-itself-on-the-tax-hook\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T06:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:48:59","slug":"the-itch-of-pathetic-managers-how-the-government-put-itself-on-the-tax-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-itch-of-pathetic-managers-how-the-government-put-itself-on-the-tax-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Itch of Petty Managers: How the Government Trapped Itself in a Tax Snare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rostyslav.pavlenko\/posts\/pfbid0gxgikSizevBvdqKnqEWapFRwmLsxBfX8dz8PbsiVww2cu7tBYAoByk4d882Zxj6hl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u2018servants\u2019 have yet to figure out how to escape the dilemma between their commitment to impose VAT on individual entrepreneurs and the entirely predictable consequences of enforcing it in practice. And those consequences may extend far beyond cardboard boxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"375\">But then the so-called \u201cMinistry of Development\u201d poured fuel on the fire (development of what, one wonders? So far, its effectiveness appears comparable to the ill-fated and now infamous \u201cMinistry of Food,\u201d which collapsed amid its head\u2019s corruption scandal).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"554\">Against the backdrop of Bezugla\u2019s performance and the emptiness of the sham \u201cmajority,\u201d the Ministry of Development announced yet another initiative \u2014 a new tax. \u201cFor recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"644\">We have seen outright theft. We have seen the schemes of petty operators. And now, this.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"770\">However, one of the (conditional) adults did notice the backlash. They immediately reverted to their favourite game \u2014 denial.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-presidents-office-instead-of-the-collective-yermak-insider-insights-from-the-corridors-of-power\/\">From Yermak to the President: Who Holds the Keys to Power<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"344\">\u201cThe information circulating in the media about the possible introduction of such a tax is a misinterpretation of the public discussion on financing the country\u2019s recovery,\u201d the First Deputy Minister concluded.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"490\">In other words, they insist that nothing has been misunderstood \u2014 the problem lies entirely with how the public interprets their communications.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"598\">Yet, knowing their habits, a very well-grounded suspicion inevitably arises \u2014 as they like to say at NABU.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"774\">What, then, is actually being planned and discussed? Too often, so-called \u201ctrial balloons\u201d and \u201ccareless remarks\u201d later materialise into very concrete projects and decisions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"849\">They are just not ready to say people yet. The timing is inconvenient.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"1097\">And do you know what this really means? They intend to rule in the future. To somehow legitimise themselves through the \u201cend of the war\u201d and \u201celections via Diia\u201d \u2014 and then continue their experiments. At our expense, both directly and indirectly.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/fresh-sociology-when-a-rating-is-not-a-number-but-a-verdict\/\">Fresh sociology: when a rating is not a number, but a verdict<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"322\">But it would be wiser not to think \u2014 or plan \u2014 in that direction at all. It is time to switch off the instinct for greed and switch on the instinct for self-preservation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"358\">Because people have not forgotten:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"729\">\u2013 It was these pathetic managers who failed to prepare the country for a full-scale invasion;<br data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"456\" \/>\u2013 It was poor management that pushed the security of the front line to a critical threshold.<br data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"551\" \/>\u2013 It was the same pathetic managers who proved incapable of securing systemic assistance, investment programmes from the West, or proper compensation from the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"828\">Under these circumstances, such managers should not contemplate tax increases on the public.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"934\">They should be preparing to leave.<br data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"867\" \/>\u201cTo the forest\u201d \u2014 or to court. Each according to what they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page The \u2018servants\u2019 have yet to figure out how to escape the dilemma between their commitment to impose VAT on individual entrepreneurs and the entirely predictable consequences of enforcing it in practice. And those consequences may extend far beyond cardboard boxes. But then the so-called \u201cMinistry of Development\u201d poured fuel on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1323405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1333887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1334119,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333887\/revisions\/1334119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1323405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}