Basic
You have your own address in the Czech Republic.
9,000 CZK
- Trade license registration
- Tax, social and health registrations
- Consultation included (worth €150)
Czech self-employment for expats
Your Czech trade license, set up properly the first time.
We register your Živnostenský list and every office that comes with it, and explain what it means for your taxes, insurance, VAT and visa. In plain English, by accountants.
Only a few quick questions? Ask them here
You might call it
Freelancer
Sole trader
Contractor
Self-employed
Sole proprietor
Remote worker
in Czech Republic it is
Živnostenský list
“Živno” for short, or Trade License. It makes you an OSVČ, an independently earning person.
- Advising expats in the Czech Republic for almost 20 years
- Hundreds of trade licenses registered
- Dutch business consultant, with a certified tax advisor and qualified accountants
The registration package
Everything you need to start invoicing legally.
One package covers the license, every registration that follows it, and a consultation before anything is filed.
Most chosen
With virtual office
A registered business address for the first year.
11,500 CZK
- Everything in Basic
- Virtual office for 1 year: we have addresses all over the Czech Republic, choose yours in the order form
- Renewal from about 1,500 CZK a year
With virtual office and VAT-light
For freelancers who invoice businesses in other EU countries.
13,500 CZK
- Everything in With virtual office
- VAT-light registration
Custom
You select all options yourself in the order form.
from 9,000 CZK
- Everything in Basic
- Your choice of address, virtual office location and VAT
- Add translations, paper originals or visa support
Optional
- Court translation of your criminal record, per standard page (common languages)
- 1,500
- Paper originals by post in the Czech Republic / by courier abroad
- 500 / 3,000
- Help applying for a business visa (email support)
- 5,000
- EU temporary residence permit: email support / we file it for you
- 3,500 / 5,000
- Rental contract check, contact with landlord (max. 1 hour)
- 2,500
- Already paid for a 60-min consultation with us?
- −2,000
All prices in CZK or EUR, no VAT added. All prices
How it works
From first question to first invoice.
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01
Consultation
We go through your situation, what you’ll pay, and whether a trade license is the right choice at all.
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02
Documents
You get a clear list of what’s needed for registration, and we check it before anything is filed.
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03
Registration
Trade office, tax office, social security and health insurance, handled for you.
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04
Up and running
We show you how to invoice, pay monthly contributions and handle foreign payments.
The consultation
Understand it before you sign anything.
No lingo, no hogo-fogo. Just plain answers, even for complex cases like double tax treaties, foreign income or foreign LLCs.
Book a consultation- Trade License vs s.r.o. company, and which suits you
- What you can and can’t do with a Trade License
- How much income tax, social security and health insurance you’ll pay
- Full VAT, VAT Light, or no VAT at all
- Invoicing abroad in foreign currencies
- Documents and steps for registration
- Business, entrepreneur and digital nomad visas
- Residence permit applications
- Setting up your Datová schránka for official mail
- And most of all: what not to do
Who we work with
Consultants, developers and IT specialists working from Czech Republic for clients abroad.
Typically earning €50,000–200,000 a year from companies in the EU or US. More and more digital nomads, too. Never been self-employed before? That’s fine. It isn’t rocket science if you follow our advice.
- Software developers
- IT contractors
- Consultants
- Digital nomads
- Former employees
- Remote workers
Guides
The nine questions everyone asks.
Taken from hundreds of consultations. Each one links to the full answer, with the numbers for 2026.
01
All guides →
What does a trade license really cost?
Tax, social and health together, from 100,000 to 3 million CZK revenue.
Open the calculator → 02Do I pay social security in my first year?
With your first trade license, monthly social advances are optional in year one.
Read about social security → 03Trade license or s.r.o. company?
For almost every freelancer living here, a trade license is cheaper and simpler.
Compare the options → 04My clients are abroad. Do I need VAT?
One invoice to a business in another EU country can make you VAT-registered.
VAT registration types → 0560/40 or the flat-tax method?
The flat tax isn’t always the cheapest. Below about 700,000 CZK it usually costs more.
3 accounting methods → 06Can a trade license get me a visa?
The business visa based on a trade license is often overlooked, and works well.
Read the visa guide → 07Public or private health insurance?
It depends on your nationality and status, and it decides whether the flat-tax method is possible.
Health insurance → 08I have a Czech job. Can I add a trade license?
Yes. As a secondary activity there is no social insurance below a tax base of 117,521 CZK.
Employees and trade licenses → 09Am I tax resident here?
The 183 days are the last test, not the first. Your home and the centre of your life count first.
Tax residency →
Why us
Accountants, not just registration agents.
I’ve been advising expats in the Czech Republic for almost 20 years, and I’m an expat myself. I’ve seen it all, and I deserve a medal. Today I work with a team of accountants led by certified tax advisor Ing. Karel Zacko, so consultancy, accounting, tax and VAT are all handled under one roof.
When you understand the rules, you make better decisions. So we explain them, and our tax planning model calculates exactly what you’ll owe, even for a mix of employment, self-employment, rental income, investments and dividends.
Ing. Roald A. van de Munt, founder
Not sure where to start? Start with a conversation.
Book one consultation first, or send a few quick questions. No obligation to order the package.
