A paper cutting apparatus comprises a cutting unit to cut paper, a moving unit to move the cutting unit in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the paper, and a motor to drive the moving unit. The paper cutting apparatus also includes a detection unit to detect the current value of the motor and a determination unit to determine the state of the current value while the cutting unit that has begun moving from a specific position toward a target stop position is moving from a downstream end of the paper to a predetermined target stop position in the movement direction of the cutting unit. A control unit is configured to stop the drive of the motor on the basis of the determination result of the determination unit.