Danylo Hetmantsev

Senior lawmaker warns Ukraine’s macrofinancial stability is at stake

Ukraine’s public finances leave “no room for optimism,” and the country’s macrofinancial stability depends on fulfilling commitments made to international partners, senior lawmaker Danylo Hetmantsev said after talks with an International Monetary Fund mission.

1 September, 04:45 PM

Ukraine could gain $3.35 billion a year by shrinking shadow economy

Ukraine could generate an additional UAH 150 billion ($3.35 billion) in annual budget revenue by bringing just one-third of its shadow economy into the legal sector, Verkhovna Rada Finance Committee Chair Danylo Hetmantsev said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

19 August, 03:35 PM

Share of Ukrainians abroad planning to come back falls to 53%

The share of Ukrainians living abroad who plan to return to Ukraine fell from 68% to 53% over the past year, while the share who do not intend to return doubled from 17% to 34%, according to the third wave of a Gradus Research study on return migration conducted in May 2026.

13 August, 03:40 PM

Fedorov claims yearlong campaign against him

Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said he has been the target of a long-running coordinated media campaign against him, alleging that lawmaker Danylo Hetmantsev and the Trukha Telegram channel were involved on July 16.

16 July, 03:37 PM

Major government program has failed as crisis deepens – lawmaker

Ukraine’s housing shortage has shifted from chronic to critical as of early 2026, lawmaker Danylo Hetmantsev, head of parliament’s finance, tax and customs committee, wrote in a column for NV on Apr. 7.

7 April, 10:19 AM

Hetmantsev slams NBU over scarce lending to Ukrainian businesses

Ukraine’s central bank is overlooking weak business lending despite record bank profits, leaving companies without access to affordable credit, parliamentary finance committee head Danylo Hetmantsev said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine on Feb. 23.

23 February, 06:19 PM

Financial oversight body warns against hiking bank tax

Ukraine’s interagency Financial Stability Council concluded that raising the corporate profit tax for banks to 50 percent in 2026 poses significant risks to the financial system and key economic sectors, and could yield far smaller revenues than projected.

5 November 2025, 10:37 PM

Central bank governor slams plan to hike bank tax to 50% again

Ukraine’s central bank considers a proposal to raise the bank profit tax rate to 50% for a third consecutive year dangerous, warning it could undermine trust in the tax system and harm not only banks but the broader economy, Governor Andriy Pyshnyy said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine on Oct. 16.

17 October 2025, 03:49 PM

Crypto taxes could yield $360 million for budget — MP Hetmantsev

Legalizing the virtual assets market and introducing cryptocurrency taxation could bring Ukraine’s state budget an additional 14-15 billion hryvnias ($339-363 million) annually, Danylo Hetmantsev, head of the Verkhovna Rada’s Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy Committee, told news agency Ukrinform on Sept. 4.

4 September 2025, 11:40 AM

World Bank estimates $524B needed to rebuild Ukraine

Reconstruction of Ukraine will require at least $524 billion over the next decade, the latest estimate by the World Bank showed, Danylo Hetmantsev, head of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs policy wrote on Sept. 1.

1 September 2025, 12:05 PM

Gambling tax revenues increase 125 times since 2021

From January to May 2025, Ukraine’s gambling sector paid $224.25 million in taxes to the state budget — up by $40.75 million or 22.3% compared to the same period last year, Danylo Hetmantsev, Head of Parliamentary Finance Committee, wrote on June 12.

13 June 2025, 10:39 AM

EU proposes new restrictions on Ukrainian exports — Ukrainian lawmaker Hetmantsev

The European Union may offer Ukraine two options for a trade transition period after the end of duty-free access, with new agricultural export restrictions likely to impact Ukraine’s economy, Ukrainian lawmaker Danylo Hetmantsev said on May 16.

16 May 2025, 02:05 PM

Gloomy price trend grips Ukraine’s food market - Ukrainian Parliament’s Tax Committee

Ukraine has seen surge in everyday essentials prices — with cabbage and carrots skyrocketing by over 200%, and only diesel fuel showing a slight decline, Danylo Hetmantsev, Ukrainian Parliament’s Tax Committee head reported on May 15.

15 May 2025, 10:31 AM

Ukraine-US partnership memo not yet an agreement, says Rada's budget committee head

The Ukrainian-U.S. Memorandum of Economic Partnership, which was signed on April 17, is a declaration of intent rather than an actual agreement, the chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev, wrote on Telegram the following day.

18 April 2025, 01:05 PM

Foreign investment in Ukraine falls sharply, lagging far behind Poland

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Ukraine continue to decline as the country received just $351 mln in the first two months of 2025, Danylo Hetmantsev, the Parliament’s Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy Committee head wrote on April 4.

4 April 2025, 02:27 PM

Ukrainian official slams U.S. tariff plan

Ukraine shouldn't expect any benefits from new import tariffs announced by the United States, Ukrainian lawmaker Danylo Hetmantsev said in a Telegram post on April 3.

3 April 2025, 12:22 PM

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