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RPVS registration for sole traders

RPVS registration for sole traders in practice

An architect designing a school for a town, a tradesperson with a regional contract or a farmer receiving support from the agricultural paying agency: under Slovak law, self-employed individuals must also be entered in RPVS when money from the public sector goes over the legal limit. The good news is that there are no shareholdings or holding structures to analyse. The beneficial owner is the trader themselves.

Registration through an authorised person is still mandatory, and the verification document is prepared just as for a company. From you we need only a few documents: an ID, your business licence, your company ID number and the contract the registration is for. We sign the authorised person agreement electronically and file with the Žilina District Court.

What we help with

  • We check whether the contract or grant exceeds the threshold.
  • We sign the authorised person agreement electronically.
  • We prepare a verification document naming you as beneficial owner.
  • We check whether you hold the status of a public official.
  • If you move from sole trader to an s.r.o., we prepare a new registration.

Worth knowing

Beneficial owner

For a sole trader, the beneficial owner is the self-employed individual. No ownership structure needs to be analysed.

Documents

ID card or passport, trade licence or other authorisation (such as a medical licence), company and tax ID numbers, permanent address and the purpose of registration.

Lawyers, notaries, tax advisers

They can act as authorised persons for others. If they become public sector partners themselves, they need their own registration.

Common questions

  • Yes. Payments from Slovak health insurance are public funds, and the insurer must not sign with a provider who is not registered.

  • The s.r.o. is a new public sector partner and needs its own entry, with beneficial owners based on its shareholders. The sole trader's entry can then be removed voluntarily.

  • No. One-off payments above €100,000 and recurring payments above €250,000 in total are assessed exactly as for legal entities.

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