The International Monetary Fund has again retreated from a tax condition it set for Ukraine’s $8.1 billion loan program, backing off after only one of four required draft tax laws cleared parliament. The fund approved the next $685.5 million tranche and called the first review completed – even as Russia launched mass attacks on Kyiv that disrupted the mission itself. Will this success last for long? After the new $8.1 billion IMF program began, the failed vote on tax amendments risked not just the broader donor financing that looks to the Fund as a credibility marker.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The Fund had previously dropped a VAT measure on self-employed workers during the April IMF Spring Meetings. Of the four tax bills tied to the first review, only one – the extension of the military levy – has cleared parliament; the rest remain stalled, unsigned, or unsubmitted. Among the completed benchmarks, Ukraine appointed a new head of customs and improved nominations to state-owned banks’ supervisory boards, though it completed these with a slight delay. Ukraine extended the military levy – a tax needed to finance the army – for another three years. But President Volodymyr Zelensky has not signed the bill imposing taxes on income earned through digital platforms such as Uklon, Bolt, and OLX, a step required to make the legislation legal. The simplified VAT registration measure was never submitted to parliament. And legislation to introduce VAT on international parcels valued under €150 ($176) has been repeatedly left unreviewed by lawmakers despite being registered.