Access to bank accounts of Ukrainians by the State Tax Service: why does the Tax Service need it?
22 December 14:09
The Tax Service will not need to constantly monitor the bank accounts of all Ukrainian citizens. The tax authorities need access to bank secrecy to check risky individuals.
The head of the State Tax Service, Lesya Karnaukh, said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“When we talk about access to banking information, it applies exclusively to those business entities that have signs of riskiness. For example, when drops are used, money is scattered on cards – this is all illegal use,” Karnaukh explained.
If the State Tax Service gains access to banking secrecy, tax authorities can also track interconnected persons through whom the business fragmentation scheme is carried out with the help of individual entrepreneurs.
“This (access to accounts – ed.) can be a basis for understanding how much money has passed through her account,” says the head of the Tax Service.
According to her, if the law on taxation of digital platforms is adopted, access to bank secrecy will also allow tax authorities to confirm or refute the consistency of citizens’ income.
“We are talking only about cases related to direct control, not just because we want to find out what is in a person’s account,” she assures.
Abolition of secrecy
Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers approved and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada draft law No. 13232, which introduces a special tax regime for self-employed persons working through digital platforms.
The draft law is aimed at introducing an international automatic exchange of information on income received by individuals through digital platforms.
Thus, Ukraine is integrating into the European system of tax transparency, which has been operating in the European Union since 2023.
