Drones for the Armed Forces: how and when in Ukraine the volume of production of own UAVs increases

During the full -scale war, drones, including Ukrainian production, proved their high efficiency against the background of relatively low cost. Thanks to the new laws, their production will be even cheaper. What benefits do UAV manufacturers receive soon and why is it important? On Monday, May 29, 2023, the Parliament approved two draft laws on supporting the production of drones in Ukraine No. 9275 and No. 9276.

According to the initiator of one of these documents in his telegram-channel, the People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak provides for the dismissal at the time of martial law from VAT and duties of UAV components-materials, units, equipment of equipment and components imported by enterprises for their own production activities. In its new review, "Drone Army.

Whether Ukraine will soon create its own production of drones" Focus analyzes in detail the mechanism of release of accessories for drones from VAT and duties and the consequences of this innovation. Profile experts and lawyers to whom focus addressed, as a whole, evaluated this initiative positively, but with some remarks and reservations.

According to Cyril Novikov, the air expert, the director of the Charitable Foundation "Assistance to the Lviv Defense Cluster" the real advantages of the initiative is that domestic manufacturers will be able to save from 7% to 15% in the final cost of the product in the production of UAV. That is, it is a noticeable cost of making such products.

"Bills create a prerequisite for the powerful support of the unmanned industry, but carry risks in the current edition that startups in the field of military will not receive support. However, the document clearly has more advantages than potential shortcomings that would like to adjust," Valery said, "Valery said. , co -founder of Droneua, expert in the field of unmanned technologies and robotics.

First of all, the interlocutor of the focus implies the need for additional quarterly reporting in the new legislation, which would be easy to execute large manufacturers and is too difficult for teams that consist of only 5-10 engineers. Maria Tereshchenko, lawyer of Ante, in a comment to the focus, specifies that the importer must submit the customs in a timely manner in an arbitrary form on targeted use and balances of goods imported at preferential rates.

As Maria Tereshchenko explains, the late submission or failure to submit this report will refuse to further customs clearance of goods with the use of privilege and will be considered as a basis for conducting a documentary unscheduled field inspection. The focus interlocutor specifies that if customs officers or taxpayers recognize the use of goods imported at preferential rates non -targeted, the importer will have to pay VAT, import duty and donated penalties.

"This is not the first example in the history of the domestic industry, when the state does not offer direct investment or guarantees [limited only by tax benefits]. But the war continues, and therefore tax benefits for any business are a good reason to become stronger and more resistant to the situation in the country. And a fuse [from abuse] is the temporality of these benefits, " - continues Cyril Novikov.

The abuse of the focus interlocutor involves the promotion under the wrapper of domestic production of large -nosed assembly in Ukraine full copies of Chinese drones, while Ukrainian developers may find themselves in a less favorable position. Cyril Novikov is convinced that in the future Ukraine can become a high -tech player in the field of UAVs, who have already proven our success at the front.