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GDPR: working with Personal data

Published: Mariya Kolyada | 29.05.2019 |

With the rapid development of business on the Internet, including in Ukraine, a real legal settlement of the issues of personal data protection by preventive means and compensation damage for their violation is necessary. This issue is particularly relevant for those companies that have access to personal data of EU citizens and where the number of employees is more than 250 people (small and medium-sized enterprises are not required to keep records of data in most cases stipulated by Art. 30.5 GDPR). The main conditions for the collection, storage and distribution of personal data and the liability for violation of personal data are provided for by the Law of Ukraine “On the protection of personal data” of 01.06.2010, No. 2297-VI (Law No. 2297-VI). Also, the responsibility for violation of personal data is provided in Art. 182 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, in Art. 188-39 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine. On April 26, 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in plaintiff’s favor for the protection of his personal data, with a reimbursement of EUR 6,000 for non-pecuniary damage, referring, inter alia, to the Convention for the Protection of...

Authorized Capital of LLC: What You Need to Know

Published: Ролан Бондарец | 11.05.2018 | blog

Finance Business Service reminds that on 17.06.2018 the Law of Ukraine “On Limited Liability Companies” will come into force. Thus, there will be significant changes in the near future regarding the most widespread organizational and legal forms of a business entity, a limited liability company. That is, will the creation of a company, the formation of the authorized capital, the inclusion and exclusion of members of the company, management of the company, etc., take place under the new rules? In any case, the creation of a company can not be carried out without the formation of the authorized capital. The experts of Finance Business Service were analyzing the innovations in the formation of the authorized capital. As you know, the authorized capital of a limited liability company consists of contribution from its participants. The size of the authorized capital of a company will consist of the nominal value of the shares of its participants, expressed in the national currency of Ukraine and may be further determined in percentage. There are no innovations in relation to the minimum size of the authorized capital. That is, the issue of establishment of the minimum and maximum...

iForum – 2018: how it was

Published: Алексей Рабышко | 27.04.2018 |

On April 25, 2018 the Ukrainian forum of Internet activists was held in Kyiv. iForum is the nine main directions with thematic performances that take place simultaneously in several halls. After the official opening on the main stage, the reports continue throughout the day, without interruption. This year the following directions were presented in the program: internet business; startups; advertising and promotion; Internet technologies; future educational technologies; innovations; Blockchain, Digital Fun, CRM. Due to the fact that the emergence of the new startups on the ICO on the Ukrainian market is very topical today, the representatives of the Finance Business Service have chosen the Blockchain direction. The first performance in the Blockchain direction was the report of the representative of the Swiss office of KPMG Andre Gudel. The report referred to the publication of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) of the principles of application of the legislation when considering the requests from the organizers of the ICO. Unfortunately, it is not new information on the regulation of cryptocurrency in Switzerland, but,...

Is there bank secrecy in Ukraine, and what must the citizens of Ukraine be preparing for?

Published: Вячеслав Иваненко | 13.04.2018 | blog

What is bank secrecy The relevance and importance of the topic of bank secrecy is hard to overestimate. The correct application of the legal rules regulating the procedure for its disclosure is necessary both for bank employees and all other persons who are aimed at gaining access to this information. At the same time, it is necessary for natural persons and legal entities to obtain information “protected” by law in order to protect their violated rights. Article 60 of the Law of Ukraine No. 2121-III of 07.12.2000 “On Banks and Banking” (as amended, hereinafter - the Law of Ukraine “On Banks and Banking”) defines bank secrecy as information on the activities and financial status of the client that has become known to the bank in the process of servicing the client and relations with him or third parties when providing services of the bank. Bank secrecy, with respect to the bank’s clients, in particular, are: information about clients’ bank accounts; transactions that were carried out in favor of or on behalf of the client, transactions carried out by him; financial and economic status of clients; client protection systems; information on the organizational and...

The tax residency

Published: Sergey Panov | 04.11.2016 |

Against the background of the active introduction of more and more countries, the automatic exchange of financial accounting information provided by the multilateral agreement of the competent authorities ("The Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information", abbr. "MCAA") becomes apparent inevitability of joining in the near future Ukraine's this agreement. Recall that the MCAA involves automatic annual exchange of information on the accounts of non-residents between the competent (tax) authorities of countries that have signed the agreement. This fundamental question is the definition of tax residence of the account holder, as the information about it will be sent to the competent tax authorities of the country, the tax which he is a resident. Tax residency financial institution is determined primarily through independent determination of the account holder, on the basis of the information specified in the documentation to open an account. If the account holder declares the absence of residence for tax purposes, the financial institution determines its residency at the main office location. It is important to understand that...

About one-off declaration of individuals’ assets

Published: Sergey Panov | 27.09.2016 |

All sensational ideas and discussions about the "tax amnesty shadow of assets" or "legalization of income of dubious origin" embodied in the Tax Committee developed ASU bill "On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and other legislative acts of Ukraine concerning the single declaration of assets of individuals." The draft law MPs are planning to introduce the procedure of single declaration, which envisages the voluntary submission by resident individuals Ukraine in the period from 01 October to 31 December 2016 the information to the tax authorities of its assets (cash, securities, precious metals, real estate and construction in progress , vehicles, aircraft and watercraft, valuable personal property, corporate law, financial instruments, the right to property benefit, other property rights and intangible assets) without specifying their cost and sources of origin. Will be declared as assets under joint ownership, as well as those owned by the other person, manages assets for the benefit of the subject of the declaration. Finish with a single declaration of payment of the amount of tax liability, independently determined in a one-time declaration (such an obligation shall be...

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