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Sole trader

Entreprise individuelle EIRéunion

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

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Limited to what the owners put in
Officialinpi.frRead 15 Oct 2026
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Capital social Non concerné Responsabilité financière Limitée au patrimoine professionnel
Owners
At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
Officialinpi.frRead 15 Oct 2026
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Détenue et dirigée par une seule personne (l'entrepreneur)
Directors
Does not apply
Minimum capital
Does not apply
Formation fee
EUR 21.74
Officialentreprendre.service-public.gouv.frRead 15 Oct 2026
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La création d'une entreprise individuelle exerçant une activité commerciale coûte 21,74
Tax on profit
Through owners
Officialinpi.frRead 15 Oct 2026
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Régime fiscal Impôt sur le revenu (IR) mais option possible pour l'impôt sur les sociétés (IS)
Formed 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

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

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 inpi.fr read 15 Oct 2026
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Détenue et dirigée par une seule personne (l'entrepreneur)
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

Annual registry fee
Not stated

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

Accounts on the public record
No
Official entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr read 15 Oct 2026
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Il n’est pas nécessaire de déposer les comptes annuels auprès du greffe du tribunal de commerce
Audit for a small company
Does not apply
Audit
Not in our records

Important dates

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

Not in our records No dates for the EI are in our records.

What is public

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

Tax

Tax on profit

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

Through owners

Income tax (IR) by default; option for corporate tax (IS) (INPI EI page).

Official inpi.fr read 15 Oct 2026
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Régime fiscal Impôt sur le revenu (IR) mais option possible pour l'impôt sur les sociétés (IS)
CFC rules in RE
Not in our records

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Route
Declaration of definitive cessation of activity on the Guichet unique within 30 days after the activity stops, followed by tax steps within 60 days and social (Urssaf) steps within 90 days; it leads to the entrepreneur's removal (radiation) from the official registers.
Official inpi.fr read 25 Oct 2026
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La déclaration de cessation définitive d’activité à effectuer dans les 30 jours suivant la date de cessation
Statutory fee
Not in our records

Every business in Réunion

VAT

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

Payment and banking services

1 service names RE on its own list: Airwallex. 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
Entreprise individuelle (EI)
Identifier
RE-EI
A form ISO 20275 does not list.