(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Local government budgets across Ukraine received 324.9 billion hryvnias in tax and fee payments during the first seven months of 2026, according to data released by the State Tax Service. The figure represents a rise of 16 percent, or 44.9 billion hryvnias, compared with the same period a year earlier.
The sum is equivalent to approximately 8.29 billion US dollars or 6.56 billion British pounds at current exchange rates.
Income tax paid by individuals continues to provide the single largest stream of revenue for communities. Between January and July 2026, receipts from personal income tax reached 197.8 billion hryvnias, an increase of 20.5 percent on the previous year. That amount is worth roughly 5.05 billion dollars or 3.99 billion pounds.
The unified tax, a simplified levy often used by small enterprises, generated 50.7 billion hryvnias, up 10.9 percent. Property tax payments contributed a further 37.3 billion hryvnias, a gain of 12.4 percent. Company profit tax receipts edged 3 percent higher to 19.2 billion hryvnias.
Smaller but fast growing revenue streams included a tourist tax, which yielded 215.9 million hryvnias, a jump of 21.3 percent. Parking fees rose 14 percent to 136.5 million hryvnias.
The head of the State Tax Service, Lesia Karnaukh, said many communities had yet to fully realise the reserves available to them. She said the main task was to understand clearly where revenue was being lost. Karnaukh added that her agency was ready to help communities identify those losses, pointing to properly registered land plots and real estate, formal employment, and businesses that pay taxes honestly.
In July 2026, the Ministry of Finance transferred 19.6 billion hryvnias from the state budget to the general fund of local budgets.
As of 1 August, cash balances held on the accounts of local budgets and budgetary institutions, across both general and special funds, stood at 146.8 billion hryvnias. That level was 51.6 billion hryvnias higher than at the start of 2026.