Genesis of Taxation System for Agricultural Producers in Ukraine

The purpose of this article is to study the history of the development and transformation of the taxation system for agricultural producers in order to clarify the characteristics of its development, effectiveness of the assessment and identification of possible alternatives. It has been substantiated that the introduction of a special tax system for agricultural producers was necessary and timely in a period of transformation processes in the economic system, crisis in payments and unprofitable activities of most of the enterprises. Assessing the positive and negative effects of tax reforms, it has been noted that the expediency of the extension of the special tax system for agricultural producers is advisable, but the interests of taxpayers and the state must be taken into account. It has been proved that the adjustment of the conditions of taxation for agricultural producers should be done in the direction of the differentiated approach to the definition of tax payers in addiction to the area of the agricultural land, income and to the number of employees.