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A representative office of a foreign company in Ukraine is a separate unit that represents and protects the company’s interests; it is not a legal entity. Since 2024 such offices are registered by a state registrar in the Unified State Register, under the same law as Ukrainian companies, and the registrar reviews the documents within five working days. We prepare the parent company’s decision and the office regulation, arrange the register extract, apostille and translation, file with the registrar and follow the office through tax registration.
What we do
- Help choose the form: a representative office to represent the company, or a branch to carry out its business.
- Draft the parent company’s decision and the regulation of the representative office.
- Order the extract from the foreign register no earlier than one month before filing, arrange apostille or consular legalisation and certified translation.
- Prepare the ownership structure and beneficial owner documents.
- File the documents with the state registrar and track the entry in the Unified State Register.
- Follow the tax registration, which is based on the register data, and help open a bank account.
What we need from you
- Extract from the commercial register of the parent company’s country.
- Decision of the company’s authorised body to open the office and appoint its head.
- Passport of the head of the office and the power of attorney issued to them.
- Details of the owners and the ultimate beneficial owner.
- Office address in Ukraine, or ask us to find one.
Why hand it to a team. Foreign documents must be legalised and translated, and the register extract must be issued no earlier than one month before filing, so a wrong sequence means repeating the apostille and courier. We plan the order of steps in advance and are responsible for the document package under the contract.
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How a representative office is registered in Kyiv
We confirm the office’s functions and whether it will carry on business in Ukraine; this decides the form and tax status.
Decision, regulation, power of attorney, register extract — signed, apostilled and sent to Ukraine.
Certified Ukrainian translation, then filing with the state registrar on paper or electronically.
The registrar reviews the documents within five working days; the office is taken on tax record based on the register data.
Who registers a representative office since 2024
Registration of representative offices was moved from the Ministry of Economy to state registrars by Law No. 3257-IX. Now the office is entered in the Unified State Register under the Law on State Registration of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Formations. Paper filings are made within the region (or Kyiv) where the office is located. The administrative fee is one subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons; for electronic filing it is 75% of that amount. Units of foreign non-governmental and charitable organisations pay a lower fee and are described on the page about a representative office of a foreign charity or foundation.
Documents from the parent company
- Application for registration.
- Decision of the parent company to open the office, stating its name, location and head.
- Regulation (statute) of the representative office.
- Extract from the commercial register of the company’s country, issued no earlier than one month before filing.
- Ownership structure and beneficial owner documents.
Foreign documents must be apostilled or legalised by the consulate and translated into Ukrainian with a certified translation.
Tax status of a representative office
Under the Tax Code of Ukraine, a fixed place used only for activities of a preparatory or auxiliary character for the non-resident — for example, collecting information or purchasing goods for the parent company — is not a permanent establishment. If the office carries on the company’s business in Ukraine, it becomes a permanent establishment, and the non-resident pays corporate income tax in Ukraine on the income connected with it. The office is taken on tax record based on data from the Unified State Register. We assess the planned functions before registration so the documents match the real activity.
More on the procedure: registration of a foreign representative office.
Related services
Bookkeeping and tax reports for the representative office.
When the company needs a branch that carries on business.
Closing the office when it is no longer needed.
Sources: Law of Ukraine No. 755-IV, art. 15, 26, 36 — zakon.rada.gov.ua; Law of Ukraine No. 3257-IX — zakon.rada.gov.ua; Civil Code of Ukraine, art. 95; Tax Code of Ukraine, 14.1.193, 64.1, 133.2.2.
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