How can I become a sole entrepreneur?

The process of starting a sole proprietorship

            There are two ways to start a sole proprietorship:

1. In person (2 / a)
2. Online, through the Customer Portal (2 / b)

You have to choose one of the two. Starting your business is free of charge.

2 / a Personal administration

At any NAV customer service. Documents and steps required to start a business in case of personal administration:

• Identity card and address card
• A real and valid email address (to create a Customer Portal / Ügyfélkapu)
• Determining the registered office of a sole proprietorship. You can give your home address as your registered office address, or even another address. It is important that if you provide another address, the property owner must agree to this and you will need a document from the property owner confirming the title to the Use of the Seat.
• Code of activity ÖVTJ (List of activities of self-employed persons):
  • 532005: Étel házhozszállítása
  • 532003: Közreműködés postai szolgáltatás ellátásában
  • 532002: Áru házhozszállítás (kivéve étel)
• Taxation of sole proprietor, VAT or subject tax exempt enterprise
  • You need to decide how you will tax your income from sole proprietorship.

2 / b Online administration

If you do not already have a Customer Portal (Ügyfélkapu) ID, the first step is to register one.

Customer portal can be opened:

• Personally
  • In the government window (Kormányablak) or document office of capital and county government offices
  • In the government window (Kormányablak) or document office of your district office
  • At the priority customer services of the National Tax and Customs Administration
  • At some postal customer services (Magyar Posta Zrt.)
• Online
  • In possession of a valid identity card issued after 1 January 2016 on the e-ID card interfaceof the customer portal. You will need:
    • the document ID (identity card number)
    • and your registration code (on a separate card provided with your ID in a sealed envelope)

Once you have the customer portal registration / e-ID, the next step is to start your individual business with the online Web Assistant.

• Fill out the notification form through the Web Assistant page. In the future, you will be able to change the data of your individual business here (eg announcing a new field of activity, terminating a previously announced field of activity, changing the registered office). You can ask for your business to be suspended or resumed.
• Steps to register:
  • Entering personal data
  • Determining the registered office of a sole proprietorship. You can give your home address as your registered office, or even another address. It is important that if you provide another address, the property owner must agree to this and you will need a document from the property owner confirming the title to the Use of the Seat.
  • Code of activity ÖVTJ (List of activities of self-employed persons):
    • 532005: Étel házhozszállítása
    • 532003: Közreműködés postai szolgáltatás ellátásában
    • 532002: Áru házhozszállítás (kivéve étel)
  • Taxation of sole proprietor, VAT or subject tax exempt enterprise
    • You need to decide how you will tax your income from sole proprietorship.