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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT DECREES AMNESTY FOR UNTAXED CAPITAL. Leonid Kuchma has signed a decree whereby untaxed capital of individuals is to be legalized by submitting a revenues declaration to the State Tax Inspectorate without indicating the source of those revenues, the "Eastern Economist Daily" reported on 3 April. The decree intends to boost investments in the Ukrainian economy, improve tax revenues, and stop the outflow of capital from the country. Kuchma also ordered the cabinet to draft a law that would ban officials from seeking information about the declared capital's origin and include a promise that the "earnings legalized under this law would not be confiscated in the future," AP reported. JM