Of the 30 million ‘economically active’ Ukrainians, only 37%, or 10.9 million, pay taxes

Of the 30 million ‘economically active’ Ukrainians, only 37%, or 10.9 million, pay taxes, Oleksiy Lyubchenko, Head of the State Tax Service, said recently on the Freedom of Speech show of Ukraina TV. Far from getting better, today’s number of taxpayers is about half of the number of 15 years ago, he said. According to 2019 statistics, 11.8 million Ukrainians who are able to work “did not make any money,” Lyubchenko said. To him, this means that most work unofficially.