Bloomberg: Ukraine’s government agrees to restore tax system for protesters

Ukraine’s government said it will restore the tax system for self-employed people, changing a proposed tax code that sparked two weeks of protests by small- business owners. The government and business representatives today signed a memorandum of cooperation on the code, according to the statement on the Cabinet’s website. “Talks were not easy but the sides found mutual understanding and agreed upon all disputed issues,” Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko said in the statement after a meeting with protesters. “The memorandum allows us to find the right way so that entrepreneurs can work normally.” Read the story here.