Taxation of IT industry: implementation issues and complexity of implementation

Abstract

Problem setting. This article is devoted to the study of issues of introduction and implementation of taxation mechanisms in IT industry. The subject of the study are the norms of the draft laws proposed for implementation. As IT industry is one of the most developing spheres of the domestic market, the attention in the article is concentrated on the variants of specific taxation of information technologies sector. The attention is also focused on the need to adopt regulations that would not only improve the overall market perception, but also provide the most effective growth opportunities for the IT industry.
Target of research. The purpose of this article is to study the issues of profitability and efficiency of tax implementation in accordance with the schemes and options proposed by legislators. It considers the significant shortcomings of the currently available draft laws, taking into account the experience of such initiatives abroad.
Analysis of resent researches and publications. Peculiarities of legal regulation of issues of taxation of IT-industry and practice of domestic results of its implementation were the subject of research in the works of G. Androshchuk, A. Bereza, N. Boreyko, V. Glanz, I. Dulskaya, R. Zharko,Yu Kaiser, Yu Lazebnik, S. Malets, N. Prokopenko, S. Ripp, L. Fedulova, K. Swabia, M. Shevchenko, G. Yurchuk etc.
Article’s main body. The existing system of taxation of IT technologies services requires improvement through the formation and implementation of a balanced tax policy taking into account the peculiarities of this type of activity and in accordance with the unification of international standards. Application of systematic approaches on the part of the state in the sphere of fiscal policy in respect of tax regulation of IT services can contribute to the development of the industry as a whole and guarantee competitiveness in the international arena. The article points out that the main problems and issues which require more detailed consideration in the taxation of IT services are: the definition of mandatory elements of taxation, the definition of tax jurisdictions and the elimination of double taxation, the formation of a tax on personal income and payment of a single social contribution from the salaries of IT specialists.
Conclusions and prospects for the development. The final result, to which the article concludes, is the hypothesis that in order to overcome the above-mentioned problems it is necessary to improve the domestic taxation system, which will clearly regulate the mandatory elements of the state tax policy formation in the field of IT services, taking into account the positive practical experience of competing countries in this area.