Head of JSC "UkrPoshta" Igor Smilyansky officially declared income for 2024 in the amount of 11 723 286 UAH. He reported this on his Facebook page, also noting how much taxes were paid: more than UAH 2.3 million in Ukraine and approximately UAH 2.1 million - in the United States. It turns out that the head of a state -owned company is a tax resident of a foreign country, with which it has an obligation as a taxpayer.
However, to get out of the status of a US tax resident, it is not enough to stop paying taxes - you need to hand over an American passport. But this seems to have not happened. And here the logical question arises: how many government officials still have dual citizenship, officially or informally?
In addition to tax ambiguity, UkrPoshta was at the center of another scandal - around the so -called charitable initiative, which actually worked as a mechanism of opaque fundraising. As it turned out, in 2023 the company, together with the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Charitable Foundation "Kyiv School of Economics" implemented a scheme of automatic recovery of charitable contributions from the clients of the postal operator.
At first glance, a good thing. But further, the fund has raised over UAH 50 million, and transparent cost reporting is absent. Information about the disappearance of armored plastic, which allegedly purchased for the funds raised, is caused. These facts have already become the subject of complaints about law enforcement and controlling bodies.
The question arises: can a person who pays taxes to a foreign country to lead a strategic state enterprise in war? And do charitable mechanisms of state -owned companies have to act without proper control and reporting?
Against the backdrop of the total underfunding of the army, the medical system and education, when volunteers work on the verge of resources, the distribution and consumption of tens of millions of hryvnias under the cover of charity without clear explanations - this is not just an ethical problem. This is a matter of responsibility.
Society has the right to know who manages state -owned companies, where they receive profits and where to pay taxes. And in a full -scale war, it is not a trifle, but part of a big conversation about trust in power.
