The gambling industry paid UAH 8.4 billion in taxes to the budget in January-June 2024, which is almost three times more than for the same period in 2023, said head of the parliamentary committee on finance, taxation and customs policy, Danylo Hetmantsev. “At the same time, income tax increased 7.3 times compared to the previous … Read more
More than 2,500 gambling websites that had operated without a license were blocked in Ukraine as of April 27, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported. The negative impacts of gambling, especially on the Ukrainian soldiers, have recently become a topic of public discussion in Ukraine as a petition demanding restrictions on online gambling reached the president’s … Read more
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, supported in the first reading on April 24 a bill strengthening the state’s oversight over the gambling business, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said. The negative social impacts of gambling are increasingly becoming a topic of public discussion as a petition demanding restrictions on online gambling reached the president’s table in March. … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed on April 20 a decree on counteracting the negative effects of online gambling, which proposes to ban it for the military until the end of martial law. Zelensky supported the National Security and Defense Council’s decision after he had announced that the government was preparing to tighten control over the online … Read more
The Ukrainian parliament has reintroduced a 18% turnover tax for online casino operators, Danylo Hetmantsev, the Chair of the parliamentary Finance Committee, reported via Telegram on Aug. 10. According to Hetmantsev, this will generate at least UAH 1.5 billion ($41 million) in annual fiscal revenue. Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak clarified that the 18% tax aims … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has enacted a bill prohibiting gambling businesses from operating under the country’s simplified taxation system, Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on the Telegram messenger on Feb. 6. The norm enters into force the day after publication. Earlier in January, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, passed bill No. 8079 as a whole, which … Read more
The Verkhovna Rada adopted law No. 8079 with 303 votes, out of the required 226, banning the gambling business from working under the simplified taxation system. “In the final version, it comes into force immediately, and from the next day the entire gambling business will switch to the full rate of taxation. So, guys, do … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that gambling will be legalized in Ukraine, in particular, it will be permitted to open casinos in five-star hotels. “We will legalize gambling, namely the operation of casinos in five-star hotels, which will stimulate the development of the tourism cluster of the region near the Black Sea. Here we … Read more