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Ukraine has launched an online service for checking the customs value of goods: how it works
The State Customs Service of Ukraine has launched a new online service that will help importers estimate the customs value of goods even before submitting a customs declaration. The tool is already available in the personal account on the portal of the State Customs Service and should make customs clearance more predictable and transparent. The new service will primarily be useful to companies engaged in foreign trade. It allows you to check in advance what level of customs value was applied to similar goods that were already cleared in Ukraine.
International digital companies paid over UAH 8.9 billion to the budget of Ukraine in half a year
Foreign companies that provide electronic services to Ukrainians transferred more than UAH 8.9 billion of VAT to the state budget in the first half of 2026. Compared to the same period last year, revenues have increased, and the number of registered payers continues to increase. According to the State Tax Service, as of the beginning of July, 157 international companies have already been registered in Ukraine and pay VAT on the sale of digital services to Ukrainian users.
Uber buys the owner of Glovo for €13 billion: which means the largest deal in the delivery market for Ukraine
The American Uber Technologies agreed to acquire the German Delivery Hero, the company that owns the Glovo delivery service. The value of the deal is 13 billion euros, which makes it one of the largest in the world foodtech in recent years. For Ukrainian users of the service, nothing will change tomorrow, but in the long term, the agreement may affect both the development of Glovo in Ukraine and competition in the delivery market.
Google Play removed VK, Mail.ru and the Max messenger: Russian services fell under sanctions restrictions
The American application store Google Play stopped the distribution of a number of popular Russian services, including the VK social network, the Max messenger, the Zen platform, Odnoklassniki, and the Mail.ru mail client. The decision is related to the implementation of international sanctions introduced against Russian technology companies. This is another example of how sanctions pressure is gradually limiting the access of Russian IT companies to global digital platforms. While users who have already installed these apps can still use them, new downloads via Google Play are no longer available.
Big business paid almost half of all taxes in Ukraine: the budget received more than 579 billion UAH
Large taxpayers remain the main fillers of the state budget. According to the results of the first half of 2026, the companies included in the Register of large payers transferred UAH 579.6 billion in taxes, fees and other mandatory payments to the consolidated budget. This is almost 49% of all tax revenues of the country. Acting head of the State Tax Service, Lesya Karnauch, announced this.
From August 1, sole proprietorships will submit tax reports according to the new rules: what will change
From August 1, 2026, new rules for filing tax returns for personal income tax (PIT), military duty, and the single social contribution (SSC) will come into force in Ukraine. The Ministry of Finance has already approved the updated forms of calculations and the procedure for filling them out, and the State Tax Service has explained to whom the changes apply.
The founder of DeepSeek topped the ranking of the richest entrepreneurs in the field of AI
The founder of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, Liang Wenfeng, has become the world's richest entrepreneur after starting a company to develop artificial intelligence models. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his fortune reached $36 billion, which allowed him to surpass other well-known representatives of the industry. In terms of personal capital, Liang surpassed Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei, whose fortune is estimated at $8 billion, as well as OpenAI president Greg Brockman, who has a net worth of $25.5 billion.
The Tax Office has already collected more than UAH 250 million in fines: what risks are most often found in business
In the first six months of 2026, the State Tax Service conducted more than 15,000 actual business inspections. According to their results, the state budget has already received more than UAH 250 million in fines. On average, this is about UAH 16.7 thousand per inspection. This was reported by People's Deputy Nina Yuzhanina. According to her, during the inspections, tax officials also found more than 1.6 thousand unregistered workers. This shows that one of the main areas of control remains legal employment, because such violations affect not only budget revenues, but also the social protection of employees.
Ukrainian business has attracted over UAH 473 billion in soft loans under the "5-7-9%" program since the beginning of the war
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian entrepreneurs have received more than UAH 473 billion in soft loans within the framework of the state program "Affordable loans 5-7-9%". During this time, 48 partner banks issued 121,718 loans to businesses, which made the program one of the key tools for supporting entrepreneurship in wartime conditions. This was reported by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.
Hyundai Tests International Stablecoin Payments: US-Mexico Transfer Took Less Than 10 Minutes
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company has taken another step towards the digitalization of corporate finance. The company successfully tested the system of international transfers between its own divisions using stablecoins, which allowed to significantly reduce the time of the transaction. According to CoinDesk, a test transfer of $20,000 was made between Hyundai subsidiaries in the US and Mexico via the Avalanche blockchain.
Sales through cash registers in Ukraine increased to UAH 3.1 trillion in six months
In the first half of 2026, Ukrainian business conducted operations for 3.1 trillion hryvnias through the registrars of settlement operations (PRO and PRRO). This is 18.3% more than in the same period last year. The State Tax Service notes that such dynamics indicate an increase in the level of fiscalization and the spread of safe and transparent payments.
Meta will build Canada's first AI data center for $13 billion
Meta's largest AI project in Canada The data center will be located in Sturgeon County in the central part of Alberta.