Legal Alliance Company provides advice to patients associations within the framework of Social Partnership Day

On April 21, 2010 a press conference was held in Kyiv related to Social Partnership Day. The event was organized by the Union of Non-Profit Organizations “All-Ukrainian Association for Protection of Patients’ Rights “Health of the Nation” with assistance from Novartis Pharma Services AG.

At the event the participants (most of them - representatives of Ukrainian patients’ associations) had an opportunity to learn more about the role played by non-profit organizations, their possible cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, and share their expertise as to such cooperation during lively discussions.

At the event the Legal Alliance Company was represented by its Senior Associate Andrey Horbatenko who made a presentation dedicated to the legal aspects of non-profit organizations’ activities. Mr. Horbatenko said the patients’ associations are dealing with charitable activities as a rule: acceptance and provision of charitable assistance in the form of property or funds. Therefore, it is important to understand what is deemed to be a charitable activity from the legal point of view. The speaker focused on the tax issues related to the non-profit organizations established for rehabilitation purposes, he gave a detailed account when an organization may be exempt from taxes and in what instances it has to pay taxes. The audience demonstrated special interest in the part highlighting the financial activities and tax inspections.

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