Main points
- Ukrposhta does not receive grants or subsidies from the state budget and earns its own income.
- The company paid over 3.6 billion hryvnia in taxes for 2025, including unified social contribution, personal income tax, military duty, VAT, and other taxes.
How much taxes has Ukrposhta paid and where does it get the money from / Ukrposhta
Ukrainians have repeatedly claimed that Ukrposhta operates and develops at the expense of citizens' taxes. However, Igor Smilyanskyi said that the company earns its own money and pays taxes to the budget.
How much tax does Ukrposhta pay?
Ukrposhta earns money by delivering parcels and selling food products, and also pays taxes, said the company's CEO, Ihor Smilyansky.
The harsh reality: there is not a penny (not a “step”) of subsidies or grants for Ukrposhta in the state budget – although this is a common practice for Europe. For example: our neighbors, the Polish Post, receive about 170 million euros from the budget every year,
– says Smilyansky.
According to him, Ukrposhta and its employees paid over 3.6 billion hryvnia in taxes to budgets of various levels for 2025:
- Single social contribution – 1,375,714 hryvnias;
- Personal income tax – 1,178,498 hryvnias;
- Military fee — 328,633 hryvnias;
- VAT – 631,987 hryvnias;
- Taxes on land, real estate, environmental, etc. – 96,807 hryvnias;
- Others (customs duty, income tax, etc.) – 1,597 hryvnias.
For the especially talented ones who write that we took it from the budget and paid it into the budget. Where does Ukrposhta get the money? Well, here it is: we delivered 10,000,000 parcels for 50 hryvnias each – and we have 500,000,000 hryvnias in income. From it we pay salaries, expenses, taxes, etc.,
– says Smilyansky.
Latest news from Ukrposhta
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Ukrposhta has put up for auction 20 real estate properties with a total area of 32.8 thousand square meters with a starting price of over 200 million hryvnias. The proceeds from the sale of the properties are planned to be used for investments in fixed assets.
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Ihor Smilyanskyi was criticized for a comment in which he called people who work for the minimum wage “sick” while he himself receives 700 thousand hryvnias per month. At the same time, some vacancies at Ukrposhta provide for a salary of 8-10 thousand hryvnias.
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Ihor Smilyansky plans to leave his position as CEO of Ukrposhta after martial law in Ukraine ends. After his dismissal, he expects to receive a higher salary than his current salary of almost 1 million hryvnias per month.