The network covers Ukraine within the Eastern Europe region. Payslips there are drawn up in UAH, and dealings with a local firm are conducted in Ukrainian.
The business centres where the network is looking for a correspondent as a priority are Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odessa.
The country lies outside the European Union and outside the European Economic Area: the A1 certificate has no standing there. Whether the employee remains in the scheme of origin then depends on the bilateral social security agreement, if any, concluded with the sending country; where no such agreement exists, dual affiliation must be expected and budgeted into the assignment.
The answer to this question changes everything: it determines to whom you may entrust your payslips locally, and what you must ask for before signing. It has been verified country by country with the local authorities.
In Ukraine, running payroll on behalf of third parties is reserved by law to no registered profession: any company may take it on. The absence of a legal barrier shifts the checking onto you, and that is why the network itself verifies the registration, the tax and social security standing and the insurance cover of every firm before listing it.
En Ukraine, tenir la comptabilité et établir la paie pour le compte d'un tiers est une activité économique libre : il suffit que l'objet social figure au ЄДР (codes КВЕД 69.20 notamment) et qu'aucune licence ne soit requise. Seul l'audit légal suppose l'inscription au registre des auditeurs. La sélection doit donc s'appuyer sur l'ancienneté, les références et les certifications volontaires.
Ukraine combines a digitised tax administration with a labour law in transition, against a martial law backdrop that has introduced lasting derogations. A foreign employer must therefore read the labour code together with the emergency legislation adopted since 2022, which covers suspension of the employment contract, remote working arrangements and mobilisation situations.
The hryvnia (UAH) is the currency of pay and contractual documents are drawn up in Ukrainian. A bilingual version prepared for an expatriate does not displace the Ukrainian text, which governs. The State Tax Service of Ukraine holds a central position: it collects both personal income tax and the unified social contribution, reducing payroll reporting to a single institution.
Two levies sit on salaries, personal income tax and a military levy, both withheld by the employer. No regulated profession governs payroll here: keeping accounts and running payroll for third parties is a free economic activity, and only statutory audit calls for entry on a register.
The employer reports each employee to the tax service before they begin work. Hiring is formalised by a written order from the employer as much as by the contract, and the employment record book is now held electronically by the pension fund.
Entry in the unified state register allocates an identification code serving as both corporate identity and tax identifier, with no separate number: it is the cornerstone of any Ukrainian file, and it is public. Whether the activity requires a local entity is settled beforehand.
The contract is drawn up in Ukrainian and must state the role, remuneration and place of work. Under martial law it is prudent to address remote working, relocation of the place of performance and the fate of the relationship in the event of mobilisation.
Salary is paid in hryvnia at a minimum frequency set by the labour code. The employer withholds income tax and the military levy, computes the unified social contribution and files a single periodic return covering all of it.
No separate social certificate exists: one certificate from the tax service covers both tax and social contribution debts, with a very short validity period.
Grounds for termination are exhaustively listed, supplemented by the mechanisms specific to the emergency period.
The network asks 8 documents of any firm wishing to represent it in Ukraine. The table gives, for each of them, the exact wording in use locally, the body that issues it and the period during which it remains admissible. These are the terms to use in an application to the local administration.
Of these 8 documents, 5 are required of every applicant and 4 have a limited period of validity, the shortest being 1 months.
| Local wording | Issuing body | Validity | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Витяг з Єдиного державного реєстру юридичних осіб, фізичних осіб-підприємців та громадських формувань (витяг з ЄДР)Extract from the Unified State Register of legal entities Se commande gratuitement en ligne, y compris via l'application Дія. L'extrait porte le code ЄДРПОУ à 8 chiffres, la liste des dirigeants et l'étendue de leurs pouvoirs de représentation : c'est la pièce maîtresse du dossier ukrainien. | Міністерство юстиції України — Єдиний державний реєстр | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Код ЄДРПОУ ; витяг з реєстру платників податку на додану вартість (для платників ПДВ)EDRPOU code and VAT payers' register extract Le code ЄДРПОУ tient lieu d'identifiant fiscal de la personne morale ; il n'y a pas de numéro fiscal distinct. Demander l'extrait TVA seulement si la société est assujettie, beaucoup de cabinets ukrainiens étant au régime simplifié (єдиний податок). | Державна податкова служба України (ДПС) | No expiry Required | Official website |
| Довідка про відсутність заборгованості з платежів, контроль за справлянням яких покладено на контролюючі органиCertificate of no debt on payments controlled by the tax authorities Établie selon l'arrêté du ministère des Finances n° 733 du 3 septembre 2018, délivrée gratuitement sous cinq jours ouvrés. Attention : sa validité n'est que de dix jours calendaires à compter de sa date d'établissement, mention qui figure sur le document lui-même — la demander juste avant la décision d'adhésion. | Державна податкова служба України (ДПС) | 1 month Required | Official website |
| Довідка ДПС (розділ щодо недоїмки зі сплати єдиного внеску — ЄСВ)Unified social contribution section of the tax clearance certificate Il n'existe pas d'attestation sociale séparée en Ukraine : la cotisation sociale unique (ЄСВ) est collectée par le service des impôts, et la même довідка atteste l'absence de dette fiscale et de dette d'ЄСВ. Ne pas réclamer un second document au candidat. | Державна податкова служба України (ДПС) | 1 month Required | Official website |
| Договір / поліс страхування професійної відповідальностіProfessional indemnity insurance policy Aucune obligation légale pour les prestataires comptables ou de paie en Ukraine ; le marché existe mais reste peu développé. À imposer contractuellement, en vérifiant que la police couvre bien les prestations rendues à des clients étrangers. | Compagnie d'assurance agréée en Ukraine | 12 months Where applicable | No online service |
| Реєстр аудиторів та суб'єктів аудиторської діяльності (pour l'audit uniquement)Register of auditors and audit entities La comptabilité et la paie pour compte de tiers ne sont pas des professions réglementées en Ukraine : aucun agrément n'est requis. Seul l'audit légal l'est. La qualification s'apprécie donc sur les certifications volontaires (ACCA, DipIFR) et les références clients. | Аудиторська палата України (АПУ) et Орган суспільного нагляду за аудиторською діяльністю | No expiry Where applicable | Official website |
| Паспорт громадянина України (ID-картка) або закордонний паспорт керівникаDirector's identity document Le витяг з ЄДР indique déjà le dirigeant et l'étendue de ses pouvoirs ; la pièce d'identité sert surtout au contrôle KYC et à la signature du contrat de partenariat. | Державна міграційна служба України | No expiry Required | No online service |
| Внутрішні документи щодо захисту персональних даних (Закон України «Про захист персональних даних»)Internal personal data protection documentation L'enregistrement obligatoire des bases de données personnelles a été supprimé en Ukraine ; seule subsiste une notification à l'Ombudsman pour certains traitements à risque. Demander une politique interne et une clause de sous-traitance, pas un certificat. | Уповноважений Верховної Ради України з прав людини (Ombudsman, autorité de contrôle) | No expiry Where applicable | Official website |
Martial law legislation is the first element to absorb. It has created mechanisms with no peacetime equivalent, including suspension of the employment contract, which interrupts mutual obligations without ending the relationship. A foreign employer applying the labour code alone misses the regime that actually governs. Suspension has to be documented carefully, since it is the record that later supports the position taken.
The military levy, withheld from salaries alongside income tax, has to be configured in payroll and reported; overlooking it distorts net pay outright.
The transparency of the registers completes the picture. The unified state register and the tax registers are public, free and available online, including through a mobile application. Checking for yourself is better than relying on forwarded copies, particularly since some issuances may be delayed by circumstances.
L'atout ukrainien est la transparence : le ЄДР et les registres fiscaux sont publics, gratuits et consultables en ligne, y compris via Дія — vérifiez vous-même plutôt que de vous fier aux copies transmises. Attention à la durée de validité très courte de l'attestation d'absence de dettes (dix jours), qui oblige à la demander au dernier moment. Enfin, en contexte de loi martiale, certains accès aux registres et certaines délivrances peuvent être temporairement restreints ou retardés : prévoyez de la souplesse sur les délais.
The network opens 3 partner slots in Ukraine, not one more. No firm is listed there yet: all 3 slots therefore remain open to applications.
No listed partner in Ukraine has asked to appear in the public directory. The contact details of a firm are passed on to the client only when an assignment is awarded.
Filing an application does not amount to admission: every request is reviewed one by one. There is no minimum turnover requirement, and the partner selected invoices its fees directly.
Submit an application: we review your file, we check the documents required on the ground and we give you an answer, whether it is positive or not.
No professional body registration is required for payroll in Ukraine, so we do not demand one and look instead at track record, references and voluntary qualifications such as ACCA.
We ask for the unified state register extract, which we verify ourselves, and the no-debt certificate issued by the tax service, bearing in mind its very short validity: it should be requested at the point of decision rather than at the start of the review. Professional indemnity cover is a contractual requirement of the network.
Describe your requirement. No firm is listed in Ukraine yet: we review the request, then entrust it to a local firm that the network identifies and vets, or to the partner of a neighbouring country covering this territory. Your contact details are passed on to the selected firm alone.
Request a provider in UkraineMobility is rarely arranged one country at a time. The neighbouring profiles follow the same outline.
These countries account for most of the requests received: each one has, in addition to its profile, six pages devoted to a single aspect of local payroll.
The information gathered on this page comes from the registers, administrations and bodies listed below, consulted when the reference base was compiled. It is given for guidance and does not replace the advice of a professional established in Ukraine.