Number of blocked tax invoices has decreased almost fourfold since the beginning of year – Lesya Karnaukh in the LIGA.net interview

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 17 November 2025 at 13:37 Chapter: News

Number of blocked tax invoices has significantly decreased: figure has decreased fourfold and currently stands at 0.2%. This was informed by acting Head of the State Tax Service Lesya Karnaukh in the LIGA.net interview. 

According to her, at the beginning of year, problem with blockages was one of the most common complaints from business.

“When our team started working at the State Tax Service in January 2025, there was not a single meeting at which business did not complain about blocked tax invoices. It was total. Now we have managed to change the situation” – Lesya Karnaukh said.

To achieve this result, the State Tax Service implemented a number of steps. In particular:

- created consultation centers to explain procedures to business;

- reviewed approaches to data tables and package of documents submitted by the business entity to unblock tax invoice;

- continued initiative through the Tax Consultant Offices;

- initiated and prepared changes to regulations, which were supported by the government.

“We have changed our approaches to identifying entities that may fall into the risk category, and expanded criteria so that tax invoices are more subject to automatic registration” – stated acting Head of the State Tax Service.

Lesya Karnaukh also noted that the 0.2% of invoices that are blocked mainly include those payers, who have made their choice in favor of shadow business.