From the front to the family business: how veteran launched own business

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 24 September 2026 at 13:28 Chapter: News

Returning from the front to peaceful life is a time of new challenges and finding one’s place in civilian realities. Mykhailo Tsymbalistyi – veteran who spent a year and a half in grueling battles in Donetsk direction. After demobilization, his family, wife Anna and children were waiting for him at home.

Starting a new stage in life, Mykhailo decided to support his beloved and fulfill her professional dream – to open cozy manicure studio. Taking advantage of the state grant program for veterans and their families, Mykhailo registered as individual-entrepreneur, attracted necessary funding and together the couple founded the dream studio.

However, for the veteran without previous business experience, start raised many practical questions: how to organize accounting, report and pay taxes on time? And the most importantly, how to combine managing new business with his main job?

Mykhailo received answers at the local Tax Consultant Office. Specialists explained all the nuances in detail:

- how to organize tax accounting from the first days;

- how to set up software RRO (PRRO) without unnecessary costs;

- how to use the payer’s Electronic cabinet to submit reports and pay taxes remotely at a convenient time, saving resources on trips.

Due to the digitalization of procedures, Mykhailo was able to effectively balance work and business. Today, studio is already meeting clients, and the Tsymbalistykh family is making plans to expand its services.

Tax Consultant Offices remain a space where veterans can receive not only professional consultation, but also practical support: from starting their own business “from the scratch” to quickly resuming work of individual-entrepreneur after demobilization.

Addresses of Tax Consultant Offices:  https://tax.gov.ua/en/about-sfs/contacts/tax-consultant-offices