Additional information on terminating a trade at an establishment

Basic information

Required particulars of submissions, administrative fees, statutory time limits.

Submissions

Who can make a submission, where and in what form the submission can be made, submission forms.

Procedure followed by the trade licensing office

Processing of submissions at the trade licensing office, resolution of defects in submissions, registration in the trade licensing register, what documents result from the processing of the submission.

Related procedures

There may be other acts towards the trade licensing office that are related to the notification of the the termination of a trade at an establishment – the interruption of a trade, notification of changes in information, application for the termination of a trade authorisation, etc. Instructions for these acts are available in the relevant section of the Guide.

At the same time as submitting the notification of the termination of a trade at an establishment, related submissions to other public administration authorities can be made at the trade licensing office within the Central Registration Point (CRP) (Sections 45a and 45b of the Trade Licensing Act).

To the competent social security authority, you can make submissions in relation to:

Carrying on self-employment
Pension insurance
Sickness insurance

To the Labour Office, you can make submissions in relation to:

The creation of a vacancy or the filling of a vacancy

To the relevant health insurance company, you can:

Submit notifications under the Public Health Insurance Act

To the tax authority, you can make the following submissions electronically (in the format and structure specified by the Ministry of Industry and Trade) or orally in a protocol:

Submissions containing the information required in the application for registration for income tax
Submissions containing the information required in the application for registration for road tax
Submissions containing the information required in the notification of entry into the flat-rate income tax scheme

In all of the above cases, the CRP can also be used to notify changes in relevant information, in the prescribed form, to the public administration authorities listed.

FAQ

What date of termination of an establishment must the entrepreneur notify?

The date on which the trade in question actually terminates at the establishment. This is the last date on which the entrepreneur carried out activities falling within the relevant trade at the given location, or the date on which the entrepreneur’s right to use the premises where the establishment is located expired.