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5% court-fee thresh­old

Calculator for the 5% annual-income court fee threshold

Enter the court fee set for your doc­u­ment and all doc­u­ment­ed income for the pre­vi­ous cal­en­dar year. The cal­cu­la­tor com­pares the amounts to help prepare a motion in a case in Kyiv or Kyiv Region, but does not de­ter­mine el­i­gi­bil­i­ty for ex­emp­tion, re­duc­tion, de­fer­ral or payment by in­stal­ments.

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Current
August 2, 2026
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Online
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Online tool

Compare the fee with 5% of annual income

The thresh­old equals income for the pre­vi­ous cal­en­dar year × 5%. The con­di­tion is met only when the fee is strict­ly greater than the thresh­old, not equal to it.

Enter the already cal­cu­lat­ed full fee for a claim, ap­pli­ca­tion, or com­plaint before any pos­si­ble court relief under Article 8.

Add all doc­u­ment­ed income for the cal­en­dar year im­me­di­ate­ly pre­ced­ing the year you apply to court.

Numeric in­di­ca­tor

Preliminary comparison

Calculated

5% of annual income

15 000,00 UAH

Court fee
15 000,01 UAH
Annual income
300 000,00 UAH
Threshold calculation
300 000,00 UAH × 5% = 15 000,00 UAH

Com­par­i­son: The fee strict­ly exceeds the 5% annual-income nu­mer­i­cal thresh­old

Im­por­tant: This is only one nu­mer­i­cal in­di­ca­tor under part one of Article 8. The court as­sess­es fi­nan­cial cir­cum­stances and ev­i­dence and has dis­cre­tion; the subject of the claim, the person’s status, ben­e­fits, and other legal grounds must be re­viewed sep­a­rate­ly.

The brief summary is easy to paste into a message to a lawyer or save for your­self.

What exactly the calculator checks

Part one of Article 8 of the Law of Ukraine “On Court Fees” lists a fee ex­ceed­ing 5% of an in­di­vid­ual’s annual income for the pre­vi­ous cal­en­dar year as one con­di­tion under which the court may defer or allow in­stall­ment pay­ments, taking fi­nan­cial cir­cum­stances into account. Part two allows the fee to be reduced or waived on the same grounds.

The tool per­forms an arith­metic com­par­i­son only. It does not assess whether cer­tifi­cates are suf­fi­cient, family com­po­si­tion, assets, access to funds, claimant status, the subject of the claims, or a special ex­emp­tion under Article 5.

First de­ter­mine the ap­plic­a­ble rate sep­a­rate­ly and check whether a fee is charged under Article 3 and whether an ex­emp­tion under Article 5 applies. Do not enter a desired or already reduced amount instead of the full rate for the spe­cif­ic pro­ce­dur­al doc­u­ment.

Methodology

Calculation methodology

Review method­ol­o­gy

  1. We iden­ti­fy the full court fee F for the spe­cif­ic pro­ce­dur­al doc­u­ment, without ac­count­ing for the re­quest­ed relief.
  2. We collect total income I for the cal­en­dar year before the year of ap­pli­ca­tion, sup­port­ed by doc­u­ments.
  3. We convert both amounts to kopecks and cal­cu­late the exact thresh­old I × 5 / 100.
  4. For display, the thresh­old is rounded to the nearest kopeck using the half-up rule, but the in­equal­i­ty is checked before round­ing.
  5. We show whether the strict con­di­tion F > T is met, without con­clud­ing that an ex­emp­tion applies or pre­dict­ing a future court de­ci­sion.
  6. We sep­a­rate­ly remind you to check Ar­ti­cles 3, 5 and all al­ter­na­tive branch­es of Article 8 and attach ev­i­dence of fi­nan­cial cir­cum­stances.
Example

Example of a motion in a Kyiv case

An in­di­vid­ual is filing a pro­ce­dur­al doc­u­ment in a Kyiv court in 2026. The as­sessed fee is UAH 15,000.01, and the con­firmed total income for 2025 is UAH 300,000.

  • Court fee F: UAH 15,000.01
  • Annual income I: UAH 300,000

The thresh­old is 300,000 × 5% = UAH 15,000.00. The fee exceeds the thresh­old by UAH 0.01, so the nu­mer­i­cal in­di­ca­tor is trig­gered.

A one-kopeck dif­fer­ence does not guar­an­tee a court de­ci­sion. The motion must include com­plete ev­i­dence of fi­nan­cial cir­cum­stances and explain the chosen form of relief.

Documents

What to prepare for a motion

  • Cal­cu­la­tion of the full court-fee rate for a spe­cif­ic claim, ap­pli­ca­tion, or com­plaint.
  • In­for­ma­tion from the State Reg­is­ter of In­di­vid­u­als — Tax­pay­ers about income for the pre­vi­ous cal­en­dar year.
  • Cer­tifi­cates of salary, pension, social ben­e­fits, busi­ness and other income for the same period.
  • Bank state­ments and doc­u­ments about savings, regular pay­ments, de­pen­dants and sig­nif­i­cant ex­pens­es, if they explain the fi­nan­cial sit­u­a­tion.
  • Doc­u­ments about family com­po­si­tion, dis­abil­i­ty, status, or the subject of the claim, if another branch of Article 8 is as­sert­ed.
  • Draft rea­soned motion with a clear request and list of at­tach­ments.

Official sources

Prepared
The method­ol­o­gy was pre­pared by the website ed­i­to­r­i­al team based on of­fi­cial sources.
Checked
The cal­cu­la­tion has been re­viewed by a lawyer; no per­son­al data was pub­lished.
Important
The tool pro­vides a pre­lim­i­nary result and does not replace doc­u­ment review.

Current as of . The cal­cu­la­tion is pre­lim­i­nary and depends on the doc­u­ments and cir­cum­stances.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Does exceeding 5% guarantee exemption from the court fee?

No. The formula shows only one statu­to­ry con­di­tion. The court con­sid­ers fi­nan­cial cir­cum­stances, as­sess­es the ev­i­dence, and decides whether to grant de­fer­ral, in­stall­ments, a re­duc­tion, or an ex­emp­tion.

What income should be entered?

The in­di­vid­ual’s doc­u­ment­ed total income for the entire pre­vi­ous cal­en­dar year. If ap­ply­ing in 2026, the base period is 2025.

What happens if the fee is exactly 5% of income?

The cal­cu­la­tor will show that the thresh­old has not been ex­ceed­ed because the law says “exceeds 5 percent.” Other grounds under Article 8 and ex­emp­tions must still be checked sep­a­rate­ly.

Can zero income be entered?

Yes. The thresh­old will be UAH 0.00, so any pos­i­tive fee will exceed it. However, zero income does not replace ev­i­dence of fi­nan­cial cir­cum­stances and does not guar­an­tee a fa­vor­able de­ci­sion.

Does the tool account for exemptions under Article 5?

No. First check whether a fee is payable under Article 3 and whether Article 5 or a special rule exempts the ap­pli­cant. The 5% thresh­old is needed only for a spe­cif­ic branch under Article 8.

Will the calculator create an instalment schedule?

No. The law does not set a uni­ver­sal sched­ule for all cases. A motion may explain the re­quest­ed relief, but the court de­ter­mines the spe­cif­ic method and limits.

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Free initial con­sul­ta­tion

Need to substantiate a court-fee motion?

Submit an ap­pli­ca­tion if you need to check the full rate, annual income, ev­i­dence of fi­nan­cial cir­cum­stances, and for­mu­late a request to the court in Kyiv or Kyiv Oblast.

  • the cal­cu­la­tor result can serve as a ref­er­ence for a con­ver­sa­tion
  • doc­u­ments, dead­lines, or con­tract terms may change the con­clu­sion
  • briefly de­scribe the cir­cum­stances in the form if needed