In Mykolaiv Oblast, 502 people declared incomes exceeding UAH 1 million in 2026. That is 87 more than the previous year.
As of October 1, 2026, residents of the region had submitted a total of 2,900 tax returns reporting their assets and income received in 2025. These were citizens required to file under the Tax Code of Ukraine. By submitting their returns, they fulfilled their constitutional duty.
The returns listed the following amounts of income and tax liabilities:
- Total income — UAH 8 billion 947.3 million, exceeding the 2025 figure by UAH 4.4 billion.
- Personal income tax due to the budget — UAH 599.7 million. Compared with the same period last year, this amount increased by UAH 432.9 million.
- Military levy due — almost UAH 156 million, or UAH 142.2 million more than during the same period last year.
Citizens most commonly declared income from the following sources:
- income from abroad;
- the sale of movable and immovable property;
- investment profits.
In addition to declaring income and paying taxes, citizens are entitled to a tax rebate. It allows them to reclaim part of the personal income tax withheld from their salary during the reporting year.
1,188 residents of Mykolaiv Oblast have already claimed this benefit. In total, they declared more than UAH 7.3 million in tax refunds.
To claim a tax rebate, you must:
- file an annual tax return;
- list the expenses incurred;
- attach copies of documents confirming these expenses.
Previously, we reported:
- Billions in a frontline region: the tax service does not disclose who earns such fortunes or how
- Do you have to pay taxes in Ukraine if you are a refugee in the EU?
- Tax service records a surge in the incomes of the rich: stark contrasts in Mykolaiv Oblast amid the war
- A poor region, rich people: how Mykolaiv gained 367 new millionaires
- The number of millionaires in Mykolaiv Oblast rose over the past year





