Economic activity is growing: tax authorities record more than 28 million checks per day
7 May 15:35
In April 2025, there was a steady increase in the level of fiscalization: the average daily number of checks amounted to 28.3 million. This was reported by the State Tax Service of Ukraine, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
The tax authorities are especially pleased with the dynamics of payments through registrars: in April 2025, compared to March, the daily increase in the number of checks amounted to 700 thousand, and compared to April last year, the growth is 2.1 million checks per day.
The average daily amount of revenue generated by payment transaction recorders has also increased. This year, in April, it amounted to UAH 14.8 billion, which is 29% more than in April 2024 – then it was UAH 11.5 billion.
According to the tax authority, such data indicate an increase in economic activity and are also the result of the tax authorities’ attention to the fiscalization of payments and the responsible attitude of businesses to tax liabilities.
The State Tax Service is strengthening tax control
Starting from March 1 this year, the State Tax Service started receiving information from the Cash Registers Data Accounting System regarding:
– individuals who systematically receive funds to their own accounts for goods sold, i.e., are actually engaged in entrepreneurial activities without state registration;
– individual entrepreneurs who also receive funds to their accounts but do not have registered cash registers/payroll registers, thus violating the requirements for the procedure of making payments, etc.
This allows the tax authorities to identify citizens and taxpayers who, for example, sell goods via the Internet and receive money transfers for them on a regular basis.
It was reported that in the first 20 days of March alone, the State Tax Service identified tens of thousands of taxpayers and citizens who systematically receive funds to their own accounts. In some cases, the number of transfers per person reaches hundreds of transactions, while there is no state registration or use of cash registers/PTRs.
Tax authorities expose a scheme using fake cash registers
In Kyiv, a business entity that sold branded clothing for cash, allegedly using illegal software to conceal real sales volumes, attracted the attention of the tax service.
During the monitoring of settlement transactions in the trade sector, a store was found where customers were issued pseudo-fiscal checks marked “Mode of operation: Online”. However, these transactions were not recorded in the Cash Register Data Accounting System, which indicates an attempt to reduce the taxable object.
The tax authorities confirmed the use of special software that simulates the operation of a legal cash register and allows manipulating data, distorting tax reporting. And now the business entity is facing penalties.
