Ruslan Kravchenko

In April 2025, the state budget received over UAH 83 billion in taxes, which is 14% more than planned. Overall, for January-April, the plan was exceeded by UAH 46.2 billion.

Diia. City residents have declared over UAH 3 billion in income tax since the beginning of 2025. Last year, they paid UAH 16.8 billion in taxes to the budget.

BEB is investigating tax evasion and smuggling in the field of electronics trade. Under suspicion are the networks Yabko and Yabluka, where massive violations were detected.

Ukrainian OnlyFans models earned $111 million in 2020-2022. The State Tax Service received data on 5435 Ukrainians who received income from the platform.

The State Tax Service of Ukraine is already using information that is banking secrecy, receiving it from other countries. Access to the banking secrecy of Ukrainians is possible if the law is passed.

Ruslan Kravchenko believes that the criteria for joining the "club" should be expanded so that more tax-paying enterprises can join it.

Ruslan Kravchenko stated that the State Tax Service did not contact the company that owns OnlyFans regarding blocking the pages of Ukrainians with debts.

The State Tax Service received information about 5,435 Ukrainians who used 7,036 accounts on OnlyFans.

More than 100 enterprises with Belgian capital operate in Ukraine. In 2023, they paid over UAH 720 million in taxes, according to the head of the State Tax Service, Ruslan Kravchenko.

The Head of the Tax Service, Ruslan Kravchenko, stated that businesses in Ukraine are dissatisfied with frequent changes in legislation. He emphasized that the changes should be strategic.

Since the beginning of the year, VAT refund volumes have increased by 30%. Thanks to the overfulfillment of the tax revenue plan, it was possible to increase the possibilities for VAT refunds.

The head of the tax service stated the need for changes in legislation to expand the possibilities of joining the "White Business Club" for all entrepreneurs who pay taxes.

The tax authorities are planning changes to the regulation governing the risk monitoring system. This will increase the possibility of unconditional registration of invoices.

In the Buchansky district of the Kyiv region, a five-story building was damaged, and a store caught fire. Fires also broke out in the Vyshgorodsky and Brovarsky districts, there is no information about casualties.

JSC "PivdGZK" must pay UAH 3. 7 billion due to the illegal application of benefits when paying dividends to Cypriot firms. The audit revealed that the Cypriot companies were "technical".

According to the head of the State Tax Service, trade (17. 2%) and processing industry (17%) became leaders in tax payments in the first quarter. The largest growth in revenues during this period was shown by processing (+47%) and trade (+29.7%).

Excise tax revenues to the state budget in the first quarter of 2025 increased by more than 61%. In March, revenues amounted to UAH 14.2 billion, exceeding planned targets.

Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainians have declared UAH 88. 2 billion in income, which is UAH 32.7 billion more than last year. Most millionaires are in Kyiv, Kyiv, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), with the assistance of the head of the State Tax Service (STS) Kravchenko, has exposed a corruption scheme in the tax service of the Kyiv region. An official promised not to interfere with business for 1.6% of transactions.

The State Tax Service is initiating an increase in the deadline for submitting an application for mobilized sole proprietors for exemption from tax payment to 180 days after demobilization. It is also proposed to cancel the accrual of taxes from the month of mobilization.

The State Tax Service is actively working to reduce the number of blocked invoices, has removed 11. 4 thousand enterprises from the risky list, and has created 29 consulting centers throughout Ukraine.

The State Tax Service has begun identifying citizens who sell goods online and receive funds into their accounts. It receives data from registrars of settlement operations and identifies those who are not registered as entrepreneurs or do not use registrars of settlement operations/software registrars of settlement operations.

Declaration submission is temporarily unavailable in Diia due to updates to update forms for sole proprietors.

For the first time in 11 months, the business activity expectations index exceeded the neutral level, reaching 51. 8. This was facilitated by stable consumer demand, increased production and stabilization of energy supply.

In March 2025, more than UAH 160 billion was received into the general fund of the state budget, which is 48. 7% more than in March 2024. With this money, you can purchase over 1 million FPV drones.

Demobilized sole proprietors have only 10 days to submit documents for tax exemption. The State Tax Service is working with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defense to increase this period.

Ruslan Kravchenko held a meeting with business in Chernivtsi region. They discussed the implementation of e-audit and submission of SAF-T UA, where 34 payers submitted more than 80 files.

The State Tax Service uncovered schemes to evade VAT for more than UAH 286 million in the "Yabko" and Yabluka networks.

On the night of March 27, Russian drones damaged the State Tax Service building in Dnipro, windows were broken and the facade was damaged. No one was injured, utilities are working on the spot.

The leadership of the State Tax Service discussed with associations of the alcohol industry issues of combating the shadow market, counterfeiting, and implementing an electronic excise stamp. Excise revenues increased by 20%.