Article 212 of the Criminal Code: when a tax dispute turns into a criminal case and how to prevent it

Стос підшитих справ під світлом настільної лампи

What the webinar is about

The event is organised jointly with the Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU), a national organisation representing the interests of more than 3,000 enterprises across Ukraine.

A FREE SERVICE FOR FEU MEMBERS

An express assessment of the criminal risk arising from a tax audit report (up to 15 pages): a written opinion on the likelihood of proceedings being opened under Article 212 and on the strategy recommended.

How to obtain the service: after the webinar leave a request through the FEU or write to [email protected] marking it "FEU" and naming the webinar. The service is provided to FEU members free of charge, in the scope set out in the programme, with an NDA signed where needed.

The webinar is for you if at least one of these is your question

  • Your company has received a tax audit report with additional assessments above the threshold of criminal liability.

  • You are challenging tax assessment notices and do not know that proceedings may already be being registered in parallel.

  • Your business works in the sectors the Bureau of Economic Security watches most closely: trade, manufacturing, agriculture, fuel, imports.

  • The chief accountant or the finance director of the company has had summonses or requests from the Bureau of Economic Security.

  • You want to know when paying the additional assessments voluntarily closes the matter and when it is already too late.

Programme

  1. The thresholds of loss under Article 212 of the Criminal Code in 2026 and how the investigation calculates them.

  2. The road from an audit report to criminal proceedings: who registers the case, when and on what grounds, and the role of the analytics of the Bureau of Economic Security.

  3. The stages of risk: the audit, the report, the tax assessment notice, the administrative and the court appeal, and the stage at which a detective joins in.

  4. Processes running in parallel: why a tax dispute that has been won does not always close the criminal case, and the other way round.

  5. Strategies for closing the proceedings: the absence of the elements of an offence, expert examination, release from liability under part 4 of Article 212 through compensation of the loss.

  6. The real practice of 2025-2026: who is served with a notice of suspicion (the director, the chief accountant) and what evidence is collected.

  7. How the officers of a company should behave from the first day of the audit.

Daria Svystula
Speaker of the webinar

Daria Svystula

Managing partner, attorney at law

Defends business owners, entrepreneurs and senior executives, their assets and their reputation, in economic crime proceedings. Represents senior state officials in cases investigated by the NABU and the SAPO. 16 years in the law. Founded PROCTOR law firm in 2023.

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Recording of the webinar

Date
September 2, 2026, 14:00
Format
Zoom
Duration
90 minutes
Price
Free
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