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

A checklist of the documents that confirm a transaction was real, and an express analysis of the existing file on one counterparty of the company.

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

The tax authority has stripped you of input VAT or of expenses because the transactions with a counterparty were "unreal".

Your supplier turned out to be "risky", a subject of a criminal case or the holder of a conviction for fictitious business

The audit report speaks of "no real movement of assets" and of "defective primary documents".

You work with a large number of service providers and transport companies.

You want to build a due diligence file that really protects you in court rather than exists for show.

Programme

The doctrine of the reality of a business transaction in the practice of the Supreme Court in 2025-2026: what exactly the tax authority has to prove and what the taxpayer has to.

The typical arguments of the State Tax Service: the counterparty has no resources, "broken" VAT chains, criminal proceedings against the supplier, convictions under Article 205-1.

Does a conviction against the counterparty kill the transaction: the current position of the Supreme Court on individual liability.

Primary documents: which defects are fatal and which are not.

The evidence of the taxpayer: consignment notes, warehouse documents, correspondence, photographs, the testimony of employees, the later use of the goods.

Due diligence: the real standard for checking a counterparty and how to document it.

The strategy for the dispute: objections to the audit report, the administrative and the court appeal.

Speaker of the webinar

Svitlana Troshchynska

Senior Counsel, attorney at law

Heads the commercial and tax practice of PROCTOR law firm. Builds the legal architecture of the commercial and foreign trade activity of a company, from structuring deals and contracts with counterparties and state customers to representing the business in regulatory, commercial and tax disputes. The combination of commercial, tax and regulatory expertise protects the deals of a client both from conflicts with partners and from the claims of the state.

Lawyer profile

Unreal business transactions in tax disputes: the proof and the defence of the taxpayer