The label "suspended or ceased operating": why it is not enough to draw a conclusion

● Suspended or ceased operating

The public source merges several situations — temporary suspension for a fixed term, ceased but tax code not yet closed, fully closed — under one label. It does not tell you whether the company is on a planned pause or closing; check the tax authority's page to tell them apart.

The wording on this page follows the label in data aggregated from public sources and its common reading; no official code has been matched yet. The official status and code of a tax code are on the tax authority's taxpayer information lookup page.

What this status means

This is a label of the aggregated data, not an official status code. Some public sources write "company temporarily suspended or ceased operating" for several different situations, and the database keeps that label as it is rather than guessing.

Behind this label there may be: temporary suspension of business for a fixed term (notified by the company itself); ceased operating but tax code termination not completed (03); or tax code termination completed. These three situations have very different consequences.

How to tell them apart: look up the tax code on the tax authority's taxpayer information lookup page to see the official status line, and on the national business registration portal to see whether a suspension or dissolution procedure is under way.

Practical effects

Invoices: All three possibilities usually go with not using invoices for new transactions. Assume invoices cannot be issued until the opposite is confirmed.
Signing contracts: Do not sign anything new or pay deposits until the exact situation is known.
Banks: New account or loan applications are usually asked more about the company's real situation.
Legal representative: If it is in fact ceased but not fully closed, the legal representative remains named for the unfinished obligations — see the status 03 page.

What a company with this status should do

Check the tax authority's page for your own official status line.
If it is a suspension: note the end date and prepare the procedure to resume business or to terminate.
If it is ceased but not fully closed: follow the order of steps on the status 03 page.
If termination is complete but the aggregated source is still vague: keep the written confirmation of termination and send a correction request when needed.

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What a business partner should do

Do not sign new contracts or pay deposits until the exact situation is known.
Check the tax authority's page and the national business registration portal, and keep the results with the date of the check.
Ask the partner in writing: suspended until what date, or going through closure?
For invoices received recently: look up each invoice on the e-invoice portal.

Common mistakes

Reading this label as "on a break" and waiting calmly.
Reading this label as "closed" and abandoning outstanding contracts and receivables.
Using the label on an aggregator page as a conclusion instead of checking the official source.

Where to verify

Official status line: the tax authority's taxpayer information lookup page. Notices and remaining obligations: the company's e-tax account. A specific invoice: the e-invoice portal. Suspension and dissolution procedures: the national business registration portal. Before a major decision, ask the managing tax office.

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Other statuses

00 · Active 05 · Temporarily suspended for a fixed term 03 · Ceased operating but tax code termination not completed 06 · Not operating at the registered address Pending verification of operation at the registered address

Questions and answers

Is "temporarily suspended or ceased operating" an official status code?

No. It is a merged label from the public source used by the aggregated database. The official status line, with its code if any, is on the tax authority's taxpayer information lookup page.

How do I know whether a company is suspended or has closed?

Check two places: the tax authority's lookup page shows the tax code status, and the national business registration portal shows whether a suspension or dissolution procedure exists. The two procedures do not change status on the same day, so seeing a difference is normal; take the more cautious situation as your basis.

Can I sign a contract with a company carrying this label?

Not yet, until you know the exact situation. If the partner turns out to be only suspended for a fixed term, handle it as a suspension: sign on condition that performance only starts once the status is back to active.

The company has fully closed but still shows this label — what now?

Keep the written confirmation of tax code termination and the dissolution documents. If the result shown here is misleading, send a correction request with the tax code.

Why does this site not work out the exact code itself?

Because a wrong guess could lead someone to make the wrong decision about a contract, an invoice or a deposit. The system keeps the source label, shows the date recorded and points to the official place to check.

For reference, written from the general rules and possibly not yet updated for new documents; a single status line is not a finding that a company is "clean", "safe" or in breach of anything. TaxDatum.com is run by a private company and is not a government portal.