The question we hear most: what will a trade license really cost me? Here are four typical cases: the setup in the first year, and what you pay in your second year, all in CZK.
Four typical cases
Most of our clients use the 60/40 method: 60% of your revenue counts as expenses, you pay monthly advances for social security and health insurance, and the income tax after your yearly tax return. The cases assume Czech public health insurance and the lower social minimum for starters, for 2026.
Own address, revenue 600,000 CZK a year
You live here and use your own address.
First year
- Registration package
- 9,000
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 87,732
Total96,732 CZK
Second year
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 87,732
- Income tax return (our service)
- 6,500
Total94,232 CZK
With the flat-tax method: 109,944 CZK a year for tax, social and health, and no income tax return.
Virtual office, revenue 1,000,000 CZK a year
You need a business address.
First year
- Registration package
- 11,500
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 133,072
Total144,572 CZK
Second year
- Virtual office renewal, from
- 1,500
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 133,072
- Income tax return (our service)
- 6,500
Total141,072 CZK
With the flat-tax method: 109,944 CZK a year for tax, social and health, and no income tax return.
Virtual office and business clients in other EU countries, revenue 1,500,000 CZK a year
Most clients at this revenue invoice businesses in other EU countries, so this includes VAT-light registration and monthly VAT filing (Standard subscription).
First year
- Registration package
- 13,500
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 196,020
- VAT filing, Standard subscription
- 22,000
Total231,520 CZK
Second year
- Virtual office renewal, from
- 1,500
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 196,020
- Income tax return (our service)
- 6,500
- VAT filing, Standard subscription
- 22,000
Total226,020 CZK
With the flat-tax method: 109,944 CZK a year for tax, social and health, and no income tax return.
Virtual office and business clients in other EU countries, revenue 2,000,000 CZK a year
Most clients at this revenue invoice businesses in other EU countries, so this includes VAT-light registration and monthly VAT filing (Standard subscription).
First year
- Registration package
- 13,500
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 271,640
- VAT filing, Standard subscription
- 22,000
Total307,140 CZK
Second year
- Virtual office renewal, from
- 1,500
- Income tax, social and health (60/40)
- 271,640
- Income tax return (our service)
- 6,500
- VAT filing, Standard subscription
- 22,000
Total301,640 CZK
With the flat-tax method: 200,940 CZK a year for tax, social and health, and no income tax return.
Why we usually start with the 60/40 method
The flat-tax method (paušální daň) is one fixed monthly payment for tax, social and health, without a tax return. In theory you can use it from the start, if all your registrations go through in time. In practice it is often better to wait: newcomers are rarely fully registered everywhere yet, getting into the flat-tax system can then be complicated, and in a broken first year the tax office in your home country usually wants a statement from the Czech tax office. So we usually advise the 60/40 method first, and the flat-tax method later if it is cheaper for you.
Good to know
- Starting during the year? The monthly payments are proportional: you only pay for the months you have a trade license.
- Try other revenues in the tax, social, health calculator.
- All services are without VAT; we never add VAT to our prices.
- Virtual office prices depend on the address: see virtual office.
- Booked a 60-minute consultation first? You get 2,000 CZK off the registration package within 3 months.
This is an indication, not an offer. Want it precise for your own situation? Book a 60-minute consultation.
