«Google tax»

We remind you that the law on this tax entered into force in January 2022. In fact, it is a tax on the use of the services of international Internet companies such as Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc.

Although government representatives say that this tax is paid by companies, it is about 20% VAT, and it is paid by the final consumer as part of the price of the product or service.

That is why, in 2022, many services subject to this tax informed Ukrainian users about a 20% increase in the cost of their services. In particular, Ukrainians began to pay more for the services of Meta, Google, Amazon, eBay, Adobe, Apple and others.

And the other day, the chairman of the tax committee of the Verkhovna Rada Hetmantsev announced that “Uber and Bolt have become payers of the «Google tax». It’s fair to say that Uber and Bolt customers are likely to pay more from now on.