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Start an online business in Slovakia
The steps the government of Slovakia sets for a new business that sells online, each linked to the official page that runs it, then the steps to open your store. Read from the official sources on October 14, 2026.
Set up your business in Slovakia
The steps in the order most new sellers take them. Each is read from the official page linked under it.
1. Choose a legal form
The slovensko.sk portal names the živnostník (sole trader) as the main natural person entrepreneur and lists the spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným (s. r. o.) among legal forms for companies.
2. Register the business
A živnosť is registered with the trade office (živnostenský register) via slovensko.sk or a jednotné kontaktné miesto, and an s. r. o. with the register court (obchodný register).
3. Get your tax number
The tax office (Finančná správa) registers a živnostník automatically from register data and assigns a daňové identifikačné číslo (DIČ); VAT payers receive an IČ DPH.
4. Check when you must register for VAT
Finančná správa states a taxable person must register for VAT once turnover exceeds 50 000 eur in a calendar year (immediately on exceeding 62 500 eur), effective from 1 January 2025.
5. Follow the rules for selling online
The EU Your Europe page sets out B2C e-commerce and distance selling duties, including the customer's 14 day right of withdrawal.
Open your store in Slovakia
What Tanqory sets up for a store based in Slovakia. You change any of it in Settings.
- Tax
Your store starts with a tax entry for Slovakia, collecting off, until you confirm the rate or connect a tax service.
VAT in Slovakia- Card payments
Through your own Stripe account, which Stripe opens for businesses in Slovakia. Tanqory adds no transaction fee; Stripe charges its own rate.
- Shipping labels
DHL Express and Easyship, bought in your admin, with the customs declaration sent with each label for parcels that cross a border.
What stays with you
- Registering the business and choosing its legal form. Tanqory does not register a business for you.
- Registering for VAT, filing returns and paying the tax authority.
- Licences or permits your products need in Slovakia.
- Legal or tax advice. This page points to the official sources; an adviser in Slovakia can apply them to your business.
Questions about starting a business in Slovakia
Which legal form should I choose in Slovakia?
The official page in step 1 lists the forms a business in Slovakia can take. Your choice decides how you register, how you are taxed and whether your own money is kept apart from the business, so an adviser in Slovakia is worth asking before you decide.
What does Tanqory set up for a store in Slovakia?
A tax entry for Slovakia with collecting off, card payments through your own Stripe account, and DHL Express and Easyship labels you buy in your admin. You change any of it in Settings.
Does Tanqory file my VAT return?
No. Your store works out and charges VAT at checkout and keeps a record of every order. You register, file and pay the tax authority yourself, or through your accountant.
What do I have to tell buyers when I sell online in Slovakia?
The official page in step 5 lists the information and rights a buyer in Slovakia must get before and after they order. Put that information on your store before your first sale.
How current are these steps?
Each was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. Rules change; the official page is the authority, so open it before you act.
How we checked
Each step on this page was read from its official page on October 14, 2026. The store facts come from Tanqory's tax settings, payments and shipping setup.
- Tanqory's tax settings, payments and shipping setup
- www.slovensko.sk
- www.slovensko.sk
- www.financnasprava.sk
- www.financnasprava.sk
- europa.eu
Open your store in Slovakia today
Build your store while you set up your business, and switch on tax collecting when your registration is in place.