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Registration place is this?

According to the legislation of Ukraine, this term means a physical address where a citizen of the country, a foreigner or a stateless person permanently or predominantly resides. A person can live in his own apartment, or under a lease agreement, sublease.

Registration at the place of residence is all rather arbitrary, and in real life a person does not often encounter situations that it affects. But the stamp in the passport must be mandatory! If a citizen or foreigner has an ID card, then such an individual must have an extract with a corresponding mark.

How to choose a legal address when registering a company?

To open an enterprise, a person provides a lawyer with certain information for entering data into the unified state register of legal entities, individuals and public entities of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. This database is public, created so that partners can find and check each other.

What is a bank account?

Lots of people want to do business and make big money. To do this, you first need to find a product or service that will sell well. After the problem with the products is solved, it is necessary to make your activity legal. This issue is closed by a simple registration of the enterprise through a lawyer, notary and state registrar. Further, it is necessary to issue a key for the electronic signature of the company and open a current account in the bank. If the first task is completed within a few hours, then the second requires attention from several days to several weeks and maybe even months.

Why liquidate a legal entity?

First, you need to remember why entrepreneurs create companies at all? For profit! Someone is good, and someone is bad. But in the first and second options, after a while a person needs to close the organization. There is also a third option, when people give up cantors. But in the latter case, the fiscal services begin to charge penalties for non-filing of tax reports, and the VAT payer certificate is canceled. And they may even block the activity, in such a situation it will be difficult for the enterprise to restore or terminate.

What do you need to change the legal address?

This is a rather old concept, but it still prevails in the everyday life of entrepreneurs. As you know, each company is obliged at the initial registration to indicate the actual location of the head office, with a postal code, street name, house number.

What is Internet trading, taxation in Ukraine?

From the end of the twentieth century, more precisely, from the mid-nineties, the Internet began to develop intensively in the United States of America, which implied relatively fast, remote access to documents without the need to visit archives, libraries. Over time, approximately, at the beginning of the two thousandth, this so-called miracle began to be used throughout the developed world. All sorts of sites and search engines have appeared.

What are the taxes for foreigners in Ukraine?

When considering this issue, first, it is worth paying attention to the constitution of our country. The main law says that all people are equal, citizen, foreigner and stateless person. This means that a non-resident has the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. And this, in turn, implies that such a person bears responsibility on an equal footing with everyone. That is, the taxation of foreigners is not subject to benefits and special preferences.

Taxation of information services in Ukraine?

The Cabinet of Ministers, together with the fiscal services, is constantly trying to create conditions in order to attract additional funds to the country’s budget. Since the information sphere is developing at a great pace every year, it is logical that officials wanted to get this pie under control, or as they say: “Proper administration”. But this market segment is extensive and the state simply does not have enough strength and resources to cover it completely. First, they took under the guardianship of news agencies with digital publications and the Ministry of Justice is now successfully issuing registration certificates to such organizations with the right to broadcast on the territory of Ukraine. As a rule, such companies choose the general taxation system. Secondly, they are trying to control online stores. Now, in order to sell goods, services online, you need to at least open an individual entrepreneur and keep records of the products sold and report once a quarter through the taxpayer’s electronic account. Naturally, it is necessary to pay a single social contribution, regardless of whether there was a profit or not. But an online store is a separate topic, today we will only talk about virtual products, and specifically, about software development services and VAT for them.

Law of Ukraine “On the Ukrainian language”, the consequences for the re-registration of the charter?

The Law of Ukraine “On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language”, which entered into force on the territory of our country on January 16, 2021, led to numerous disputes. If everything is clear for state structures (everything should work in Ukrainian), then there are many disputes among entrepreneurs. Especially, the media add fuel to the fire. Many LLC have names in foreign languages, often in English, Russian. Most also have the official Internet resource of the company with a link to the Russian version. The founders rushed en masse to re-register the company’s charter, so that everything was in the state language. It is believed that in this way the firm will avoid a fine. But in reality, this is not worth doing!

Are outgoing mails stamped?

This is a frequently asked question by aspiring and even experienced secretaries, directors and accountants. It is worth remembering that in 2014, amendments were made to the legislation of Ukraine regarding the rules for the production and use of printing in document flow at enterprises and government agencies. The essence of these innovations lies in the fact that the licensing system has been abolished in the manufacture of various kinds of stamps. Now every citizen can independently and without the knowledge of the owner of any company make a seal.