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Sole trader

Person fizik (sipërmarrës individual)Albania

What it takes to form, own and run a sole trader in Albania, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Not in our records
Owners
Does not apply
Directors
Does not apply
Minimum capital
Does not apply
Formation fee
Free
Officialqkb.gov.alRead 10 Oct 2026
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0 lekë për aplikimet online.
Tax on profit
Varies · 15–23%
Officialtatime.gov.alRead 10 Oct 2026
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Për tatimpaguesit me status ligjor Person Fizik, llogaritja e parapagimeve është kryer me normat progresive: 15% deri në masën e fitimit 14 milion lekë dhe 23% për çdo vlerë të fitimit mbi 14 milion lekë.
Notary needed: NoFormed online: Yes

Form it

Who registers it

Registry
Formed without visiting
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Formed online
Yes

What it takes to form

A notary
Not required
A resident director
Does not apply
Paying up the capital
Not in our records

Own it

Who may own and run it

Not in our records Directors, Shareholders, Members, A local company secretary, A local registered agent: none of these is in our records for the Person fizik (sipërmarrës individual).

Each year, at the registry

Not in our records Annual registry fee, Accounts on the public record, Audit for a small company, Audit: none of these is in our records for the Person fizik (sipërmarrës individual).

Important dates

When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.

Not in our records No dates for the Person fizik (sipërmarrës individual) are in our records.

What is public

Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Person fizik (sipërmarrës individual).

Tax

Tax on profit

How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.

Varies · 15–23%

DPT 2024: natural-person taxpayers' profit at progressive 15% up to 14 million ALL and 23% above; the simplified small-business regime (0% up to 8 million ALL turnover) can apply instead.

Official tatime.gov.al read 10 Oct 2026
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Për tatimpaguesit me status ligjor Person Fizik, llogaritja e parapagimeve është kryer me normat progresive: 15% deri në masën e fitimit 14 milion lekë dhe 23% për çdo vlerë të fitimit mbi 14 milion lekë.
CFC rules in Albania
Not in our records

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Route
Voluntary deregistration from the commercial register through an application for deregistration, where the law provides no liquidation procedure for the entity (art. 49, Law 9723/2007); on the death of the natural person, any interested party may request deregistration (art. 50).
Official qkb.gov.al read 25 Oct 2026
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liquidation procedures in relation to them, voluntary deregistration is carried out through an application for deregistration.
Statutory fee
Not in our records

Every business in Albania

VAT

Standard rate
20%
Official tatime.gov.al read 25 Oct 2026
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shitje të tatueshme me TVSH 20%.
Other rates
Not stated
Registration threshold
ALL 2,000,000

annual turnover; registration threshold under art. 117 of Law 92/2014, with a threshold of zero for listed professions (lawyers, notaries, doctors, accountants and others); calendar year

Official tatime.gov.al read 25 Oct 2026
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kufiri minimal i regjistrimit për TVSH-në është qarkullimi prej 2,000,000 (dy milionë) lekësh në një vit kalendarik
Voluntary registration
Yes

The guidance refers to a taxable person's right of election to register for VAT voluntarily; the conditions are not set out on the page read.

Official tatime.gov.al read 25 Oct 2026
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as nuk e ka ushtruar vullnetarisht të drejtën e zgjedhjes për t’u regjistruar për TVSH-në
A foreign company
needs a local tax representative

A non-established supplier of services taxable in Albania appoints a tax representative to pay the VAT, except where the recipient is a VAT-registered taxable person in Albania, who then accounts for the VAT by reverse charge. Source: tax authority guidance 'Përfaqësuesi tatimor'.

Official tatime.gov.al read 25 Oct 2026
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Nëse marrësi i këtij shërbimi nuk është një person i tatueshëm i regjistruar për TVSH-në në Shqipëri, atëherë furnizuesi i shërbimit cakton një përfaqësues tatimor
Returns filed
Monthly
Official tatime.gov.al read 25 Oct 2026
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Deklarata e TVSH-së dorëzohet në mënyrë elektronike në drejtorinë rajonale tatimore ku tatimpaguesi është i regjistruar jo më vonë se 14 ditë pas përfundimit të periudhës tatimore që deklarohet
Tax authority
Registration page read 2026-10-25

Payment and banking services

1 service names Albania on its own list: Paysera. Each provider, and what a listing means.

Reference

Its name and code

Kind
Sole trader
Derived our grouping, the same words in every country
Name in law
Person fizik (sipërmarrës individual)
Identifier
AL-PERSON-FIZIK
A form ISO 20275 does not list.