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Sole trader

Sole proprietorship (individual business)Maldives

What it takes to form, own and run a sole trader in Maldives, 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
Officialtrade.gov.mvRead 15 Oct 2026
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ޒިންމާވާންޖެހޭ‬ ‫ދަރަންޏަށް ... މަސްއޫލުވެރިޔާކަމަށްވުން
Owners
At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
Officialtrade.gov.mvRead 15 Oct 2026
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ވިޔަފާރިއެއް ހިންގަން އެދޭ އަމިއްލަ ފަރުދަކު
Directors
Does not apply
Minimum capital
Does not apply
Formation fee
MVR 500
Officialtrade.gov.mvRead 15 Oct 2026
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500/-‬‬ ‫އަމިއްލަ ވިޔަފާރިއެއް އަލަށް ރަޖިސްޓަރީކޮށްދިނުމުގެ ފީ
Tax on profit
Not in our records

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
Not stated

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

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 (individual business).

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 trade.gov.mv read 15 Oct 2026
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ވިޔަފާރިއެއް ހިންގަން އެދޭ އަމިއްލަ ފަރުދަކު
A local company secretary
Does not apply
A local registered agent
Not stated

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

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 (individual business).

Important dates

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

Not in our records No dates for the Sole proprietorship (individual business) 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 (individual business).

Tax

Tax on profit

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

Not in our records

How this type is taxed is not in our records. A partnership or sole trader is often taxed through its owners; incp.pro does not assume it.

CFC rules in Maldives
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 (individual business).

Every business in Maldives

VAT

Standard rate
Not in our records
The tax authority’s pages have not been read for Maldives.

Payment and banking services

None of the services whose lists we hold names Maldives. 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 (individual business)
Identifier
MV-SOLE-PROPRIETORSHIP
A form ISO 20275 does not list.