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Sole trader

Egyéni vállalkozás Ev.Hungary

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

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Unlimited: the owners answer with their own assets
Officialnjt.jog.gov.huRead 15 Oct 2026
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Az egyéni vállalkozó egyéni vállalkozói tevékenységéből eredő kötelezettségeiért teljes vagyonával felel.
Owners
At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
Officialnjt.jog.gov.huRead 15 Oct 2026
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Az egyéni vállalkozó egyéni vállalkozói tevékenységéből eredő kötelezettségeiért teljes vagyonával felel.
Directors
Does not apply
Minimum capital
Does not apply
Formation fee
Free
Officialnjt.jog.gov.huRead 15 Oct 2026
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Az egyéni vállalkozói tevékenység megkezdésének bejelentése, a változás-bejelentés, az egyéni vállalkozói tevékenység szünetelésének és megszűnésének bejelentése díj- és illetékmentes.
Tax on profit
Through owners · 15%
Officialnjt.jog.gov.huRead 15 Oct 2026
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az egyéni vállalkozóról és az egyéni cégről szóló törvény szerinti egyéni vállalkozói nyilvántartásban szereplő magánszemély, az említett nyilvántartásban rögzített tevékenysége(i) tekintetében
Notary needed: NoFormed online: Yes

Form it

Who registers it

Registry
Nyilvántartást vezető szerv (sole-trader register) under Act CXV of 2009; the registering body is not named in the passages read
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

Directors
Does not apply
Shareholders
Does not apply
Members
At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
Official njt.jog.gov.hu read 15 Oct 2026
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Az egyéni vállalkozó egyéni vállalkozói tevékenységéből eredő kötelezettségeiért teljes vagyonával felel.
A local company secretary
Does not apply
A local registered agent
Does not apply

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 Ev..

Important dates

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

Sole trader reports a change in the register's data
15 days after change of officers

With Register-keeping body (electronic form)

Evv. 9 s. (1): the register's data change must be reported within 15 days; filed here under the closest id, as no 'change of particulars' id exists.

What is public

Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Ev..

Tax

Tax on profit

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

Through owners · 15%

A sole trader is not a corporate-tax subject (Tao. 2 s. (2) names no sole trader); the income is the individual's and personal income tax is 15 per cent of the base unless the Act provides otherwise.

Official njt.jog.gov.hu read 15 Oct 2026
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az egyéni vállalkozóról és az egyéni cégről szóló törvény szerinti egyéni vállalkozói nyilvántartásban szereplő magánszemély, az említett nyilvántartásban rögzített tevékenysége(i) tekintetében
CFC rules in Hungary
Yes

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Route
Entitlement lapses by operation of law on the grounds in the Act; the register body then strikes the trader from the register.
Statutory fee
Free
Official njt.jog.gov.hu read 23 Oct 2026
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Az egyéni vállalkozói tevékenység megkezdésének bejelentése, a változás-bejelentés, az egyéni vállalkozói tevékenység szünetelésének és megszűnésének bejelentése díj- és illetékmentes.

Every business in Hungary

VAT

Standard rate
27%
Official European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database situation on 2026/07/01
Other rates
  • 18% Goods and services listed in the annexes to the VAT Act
  • 5% Goods and services listed in the annexes to the VAT Act
  • 0% Goods and services listed in the annexes to the VAT Act that carry the 0 percent rate
Official nav.gov.hu read 22 Oct 2026
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The goods and services listed in the Annexes of the VAT Act may be taxed by a lower rate – 0 percent, 5 percent, or 18 percent
Registration threshold
HUF 20,000,000 · about €54,795

cumulated value of supplies of goods and services, the upper limit for the individual VAT exemption; tax year preceding registration and tax year of registration

Official nav.gov.hu read 22 Oct 2026
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the cumulated value of supplies of goods and services in the tax year prior the registration, and the reasonably expected (and factual) income from the business activity in the tax year of the registration does not exceed the HUF 20 million upper limit for individual exemption
Voluntary registration
Yes

A business whose supplies stay within the HUF 20 million limit may choose the individual VAT exemption by declaration; a business that does not choose it registers and accounts for VAT from the start.

Official nav.gov.hu read 22 Oct 2026
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The choice of individual tax exemption must be made in a declaration to the tax authority
A foreign company
Registers from its first taxable supply

The individual exemption applies only to taxpayers established in Hungary, so a business with no establishment there cannot use the HUF 20 million limit and is a VAT taxpayer from its first taxable supply.

Official nav.gov.hu read 22 Oct 2026
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This information booklet contains the rules on the domestic application of individual tax exemption by taxpayers established in Hungary.
Returns filed
Monthly
Official nav.gov.hu read 22 Oct 2026
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for the period beginning with the first day and ending with the last day of the month for taxpayers required to file tax returns monthly
Tax authority
Registration page read 2026-10-22

Payment and banking services

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Reference

Its name and code

Kind
Sole trader
Derived our grouping, the same words in every country
Name in law
Egyéni vállalkozás (Ev.)
ISO 20275 code
BJ8Q