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KYIV — Ukraine’s State Tax Service has announced that local content creators collectively owe the equivalent of $9.3 million in unpaid taxes, primarily tied to income earned through the subscription platform OnlyFans between 2020 and 2022.
According to a report from the Ukrainian outlet Economic Truth, the tax debt amounts to 384.7 million hryvnia and stems from revenue generated by Ukrainian residents from the London-based company Fenix International Ltd., which operates OnlyFans.
“The total amount of tax debt that arose for individual residents of Ukraine due to nonpayment of taxes on income received from Fenix International Ltd. (the company that owns the OnlyFans platform) during 2020–2022 is UAH 384.7 million,” the report states.
Economic Truth also noted that the OnlyFans platform “is used primarily for posting and monetizing pornographic content,” and emphasized that the production or distribution of pornography remains a criminal offense in Ukraine.
“According to Article 301 of the Criminal Code, liability for such activity can reach up to seven years in prison,” the publication added.
In July, Ukrainian officials faced renewed debate over the issue after President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to a petition from OnlyFans users urging support for draft law No. 12191, titled “On Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine to Improve Certain Provisions on Criminal Offenses Against Public Order and Morality.”
Zelensky did not publicly take a stance on decriminalization but noted that the proposal was currently under review by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament.
He explained that his involvement “will only come into play should the Verkhovna Rada adopt the law.”
