In 2016, the domestic IT industry, despite the crisis in the Ukrainian economy, has shown an increase of 10-15%, writes this article for ZN.UA Dmitry Ovcharenko, CEO of SBT Systems Ukraine.
According to him, if in 2015 currency revenues from the IT sphere amounted to about $ 2.4 billion, then by the end of 2016 the amount increased to 2.8 billion dollars.
“Experts note that under the conditions of stability, that is, in the absence of radical changes in the business climate, we can assume that the growth of the industry will remain within 10%,” – wrote the expert.
According to him, now the IT industry is counting on the fact that in the next two to three years, and better – within five years, no shocks for it will be, the upper tax bar will be reduced to 30-35%, or even Below.
“With regard to positive global trends that can improve growth, for example, it’s an extension of Donald Trump’s immigration policy in the US, and now it seems more difficult to get a popular H1B for IT professionals, and this, in turn, does not force American customers to To invite people to the United States, and to go to other countries, of course, one of them – Ukraine. The second positive moment that can play our part is if we get the promised visa-free regime with the EU in the summer, “he added.
Earlier it was reported that the activity of the security forces, which during the past year and a half conducted 50 searches in different companies, sharply increased in the Ukrainian IT industry. Such data is provided by the industry association Digital Ukraine.