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Sole trader

Sole ProprietorshipCambodia

What it takes to form, own and run a sole trader in Cambodia, 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
Not stated

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

Formation fee
KHR 180,000
Officialtax.gov.khRead 15 Oct 2026
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Business Registration 1,010,000 Riel for Partnership Company and 180,000 Riel for Sole Proprietorship and Others (Service of the Ministry of Commerce)
Tax on profit
Varies
Officialtax.gov.khRead 15 Oct 2026
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the enterprise is a sole proprietorship that is subject to progressive tax rates.

Form it

Who registers it

Not in our records Registry, Formed without visiting, Formed online: none of these is in our records for the Sole Proprietorship.

What it takes to form

Not in our records A notary, A resident director, Paying up the capital: none of these is in our records for the Sole Proprietorship.

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 Sole Proprietorship.

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 Sole Proprietorship.

Important dates

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

Not in our records No dates for the Sole Proprietorship are in our records.

What is public

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

Tax

Tax on profit

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

Varies

Sole proprietorships are subject to progressive tax rates on income (30% for mineral-resource business regardless of form); the bands were not read.

Official tax.gov.kh read 15 Oct 2026
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the enterprise is a sole proprietorship that is subject to progressive tax rates.
CFC rules in Cambodia
Not in our records

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Not in our records Route, Statutory fee: none of these is in our records for the Sole Proprietorship.

Every business in Cambodia

VAT

The tax
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Official tax.gov.kh read 22 Oct 2026
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The current VAT in Cambodia was in fact introduced in 1999 and it requires local suppliers to charge 10% VAT on their invoices on the supplies of goods and services to their customers.
Standard rate
10%
Official tax.gov.kh read 22 Oct 2026
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The current VAT in Cambodia was in fact introduced in 1999 and it requires local suppliers to charge 10% VAT on their invoices on the supplies of goods and services to their customers.
Other rates
  • 0% Taxable supply of goods exported from Cambodia and of a service rendered outside Cambodia
Official tax.gov.kh read 22 Oct 2026
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0 % on the taxable value of each taxable supply of goods exported from the Kingdom of Cambodia and of the taxable supply of a service rendered outside of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Registration threshold
Not in our records
A foreign company
The same threshold applies

A non-resident supplier of digital goods, digital services or e-commerce activity into Cambodia registers under the simplified VAT regime once annual turnover reaches 250 million Riels, or once a three-month consecutive period in the year is expected to reach 60 million Riels; the GDT page names no representative requirement.

Official tax.gov.kh read 22 Oct 2026
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A non-resident taxpayer who, including an electronic platform operator, supplies digital goods or services or any e-commerce activity into the Kingdom of Cambodia that meets the Simplified VAT registration threshold
Returns filed
Monthly
Official tax.gov.kh read 22 Oct 2026
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The calculation of VAT to be paid monthly for small taxpayers is to take the income received in the month without VAT (monthly income divided by 1.1) multiplied by 20% and take the result and multiply by 10%; the result is the amount of VAT paid monthly.
Tax authority
Registration page read 2026-10-22

Payment and banking services

None of the services whose lists we hold names Cambodia. 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
Sole Proprietorship
ISO 20275 code
KD84