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Their discussion focused on aligning Ukraine’s tax legislation with the EU acquis, particularly in light of the EU Enlargement Report recommendations and the National Revenue Strategy.

As part of a series of meetings between EU4PFM leadership and partner institutions in Kyiv, on October 1, a meeting was held between EU4PFM Team Leader, Jurgita Domeikiene, Key International Expert in Customs, Vytenis Alisauskas and the Head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine, Serhii Zviahintsev, as well as the Deputy Heads of the State Customs Service, Vladyslav Suvorov and Oleh Nikolaychuk.

Today, during a working visit to Kyiv, EU4PFM Team Leader Jurgita Domeikienė and international key expert on IT Dragan Jeremić met with Oleksandr Hrubiian, the Deputy Minister of Finance for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitalisation.

First Deputy Minister of Finance Denys Uliutin chaired a meeting with the EU4PFM Team Leader Jurgita Domeikiene and the Project experts at the Ministry of Finance to discuss international experience and preparations for the official screening under the negotiated chapter 32 , “Financial Control,” and the area of “Public Administration Reform,” which will soon take place in Brussels.

During a working visit to Kyiv, Eriks Mezalis, the EU4PFM Procurement Component Team Leader, together with Project experts, met with Valeriy Shergin, the Head of the Public Procurement Department of the Ministry of Economy, to discuss the progress of ongoing cooperation.

During a working visit to Kyiv, EU4PFM international expert on budget process, Vilius Šapoka, met with the leadership of the State Budget Department and the Department for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

The Second Steering Committee meeting of Component 2, "Public Procurement," of the EU4PFM Programme convened in Kyiv to present Project’s achieved results, planned activities, and to assess the overall progress of public procurement reform in Ukraine.

The primary goal of the project is to automate tax control procedures, ensuring that controlled transactions comply with the "arm's length" principle. Given Ukraine's aspirations for EU integration, adherence to the OECD's transfer pricing guidelines for multinational companies and tax authorities is crucial.

IT systems, people management, society, and law enforcement: the cornerstones of success

The developer company, together with the State Tax Service, started developing the software after the successful approval of the terms of reference and description of design specifications.