From now on, you can close a sole proprietorship in Diia again: step-by-step instructions for entrepreneurs
23 January 07:28
The service for closing a sole proprietorship has been re-launched on the Diia portal, allowing entrepreneurs to terminate their business even when the Unified State Register is unavailable. This was reported by the press service of Diia, according to
The service can be used by individual entrepreneurs who have a taxpayer registration number or use passport data instead of a taxpayer card.
How to close a sole proprietorship through Diia:
- log in to the portal;
- select the service Closing a sole proprietorship;
- click Submit application;
- check the data;
- sign the application with a qualified electronic signature or Diia.Signature.
As you know, a recent large-scale cyberattack on Ukraine’s state registries led to a temporary suspension of their operation. The restrictions also affected Diia. In particular, it was not possible to book employees, register and close sole proprietorships, etc.
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The service was restored after the largest attack on state registries by pro-Russian hackers in recent times. Users can also use the function of automatic registration of sole proprietorships.
It should be noted that in 2024, almost 210 thousand individual entrepreneurs were closed in Ukraine. This is the highest rate of closures in the last 5 years. Most of the closures were in the retail and IT sectors.
As you know, taxes for individual entrepreneurs have been raised since January 2025. on December 25, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that, among other things, provides for an increase in the military tax for employees from 1.5% to 5% and the expansion of the circle of its payers to include sole proprietors.
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