KYIV, March 30 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is skeptical about tax amnesties in general, since they hurt tax collection in the long run, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman told Interfax-Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky registered in parliament a package of bills on tax amnesty (bills No. 5153-5156).

"While preferential tax rates for specific groups of taxpayers will obviously be welcomed with open arms by those who see their taxes go down as a result, this does not necessarily make it good policy. We are skeptical about tax amnesties in general," Ljungman said.