The article considers the essence of the tax burden of business entities, identifies the reasons for optimizing the tax burden and tax evasion, defines the nature, types and stages of planning the tax burden of the enterprise, reveals in detail the methods and tools of tax optimization. The level of tax burden on the economy of Ukraine and its place among the countries of the world according to the World Bank is studied, and also the level of development of the taxation system and assistance to business development in Ukraine is determined. It is substantiated that the economic situation of the country and the need for the formation of budget revenues are factors of a disproportionate tax burden on business entities. It is established that the imperfection of tax legislation and the organization of the taxation process adversely affect businesses, which in turn are forced to resort to illegal methods of reducing the tax burden and evade taxes. It is proved that for domestic enterprises in order to adapt to the constant transformations of the environment, tax optimization (in particular, legal) is a mandatory tool of corporate financial management at every stage of their life cycle: in the period of formation, growth, stability and especially in decline. The study used a significant amount of information sources, including: legislation governing tax relations; materials of profile and periodicals; statistical information. To obtain results and form a conclusion, methods of theoretical analysis were used - abstraction, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, ascent from the abstract to the concrete, as well as methods of empirical research - observation, comparison.
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