In January-April 2025, the gambling business Paid 6.3 billion taxes – This is 14.5% more than last year. However, in April, a sharp drop in income – 31.7%This requires additional control over the industry.
This was reported by the chairman of the Verkhovna Committee of the Rada for Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Danilo Getmantev (“Servant of People”). In the first four months of 2025, a business in Ukraine demonstrated a significant increase in tax revenues in ₴ 0.8 billion or 14.5% morethan in the same period last year.
Compared to 2021, the figure increased in 167 times: Then income from this industry amounted to only 37.7 million. Such a leap is a sign that the gambling industry, legalized in 2020, is gradually integrated into the economy, forming a significant share of tax revenues.
Nevertheless, April showed that not everything is so stable: it happened A sharp fall in income Compared to the same month of last year. According to Hetmantsev:
- ₴ 6.3 billion – General tax revenues from the gambling business for January – April 2025;
- +14.5% growth compared to 2024;
- ₴ 3.71 billion – income from income tax (main share);
- ₴ 348.5 million – tax on the income of individuals (winnings) only in April.
Despite the growth in the quarterly section, In April 2025, tax revenues fell by 31.7% Compared to April 2024, 1.1 billion to 0.7 billion. This may indicate several anxious trends:
- seasonal decrease in the activities of players;
- possible reduction in speed in key companies;
- Strengthening shadow schemes or reorientation to foreign markets.
That is why GetmantSev in his address emphasized the need to strengthen control over the industry from the outside Fiscal and law enforcement agencies. The gambling industry is one of the few areas that demonstrates steady growth against the background of war and economic turbulence.
Nevertheless, its dynamics depends on many factors: legislative stability, transparency, players’ behavior and regulatory supervision. And the income fall can even signal the problems that in the future Threaten losses for the budget.
According to OBOZ.UA, the United States plan legislative restrictions on tax deductions from gambling – only amounts that do not exceed the victory. The old reporting limit can also return – $ 20,000 and 200 transactions per year, which will facilitate tax pressure for random players.
Source: Obozrevatel
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