Danylo Hetmantsev, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Servant of the People faction and chairman of the parliamentary committee on finance, taxation and customs policy, has provided details of the taxation of electric vehicles, which will come into force on January 1, 2026.
Hetmantsev said this on his Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"Since there is confusion now and I get a lot of questions about how electric cars will be taxed from the new year, I will explain in simple terms. Until December 31, 2025, there is a privilege - electric cars are not subject to VAT on import and supply operations in the customs territory of Ukraine. Starting January 1, 2026, both importation into the territory of Ukraine and delivery in the territory of Ukraine will be subject to VAT, regardless of whether such a car was imported into the territory of Ukraine without paying VAT, as well as regardless of the date of registration of ownership," the MP wrote.
For the import of electric vehicles, this applies to all importers - both dealers and citizens
The supply of electric cars in Ukraine by dealers will be subject to VAT, including those electric cars that were imported before January 1, 2026 without VAT.
For citizens, the sale of electric vehicles in Ukraine remains unchanged: no VAT is charged, as citizens are not VAT payers.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, interest in electric vehicles is growing rapidly in Ukraine. According to a study of the online electric car market, over the past year, demand for Chinese-made electric cars has increased by 414%, accounting for 19% of the total demand for electric cars. Thus, from October 2024 to September 2025, Ukrainians searched for Chinese electric cars on the Internet 136,400 times. In total, Ukrainians searched for electric vehicles on the Internet 6.5 million times over the same period. For comparison, during the fuel crisis in the second quarter of 2022, Ukrainians searched for electric cars on the Internet 1.6 million times.
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