{"id":14813,"date":"2021-10-13T10:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T08:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolevsech.pristup.net\/?page_id=14813"},"modified":"2021-12-31T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T08:46:15","slug":"podnikani-fyzickych-osob-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metropolevsech.pristup.net\/en\/potrebuji-resit\/podnikani\/podnikani-fyzickych-osob-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship of Natural Persons"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this chapter you will learn about the definition of an entrepreneur (a natural person) and the license that authorises you to do business in the CR.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the Czech Republic, an entrepreneur is defined as a person who, on their own account and responsibility, independently carries out a gainful activity in the form of a trade or in a similar manner with the intention of doing so continuously for the purpose of making a profit.<\/p>\n

An individual who performs a business activity is called a self-employed person<\/strong> (in Czech OSV\u010c). Self-employment can take the form of a main<\/strong> activity or secondary<\/strong> activity. Self-employment as a secondary activity means that you do business while employed, on a parental leave, or while receiving old-age pension.<\/p>\n

<\/i>For detailed information about self-employment and the criteria for defining it as a main or secondary activity, see the <\/em>website of the Czech Social Security Administration<\/em><\/a>.<\/div><\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

The most common way of doing business in the CR is what is called trade business<\/strong>, which is regulated by the Trade Licensing Act. The current version of the law can be found on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade<\/strong><\/a> which is responsible for the area of business.<\/p>\n

At the same time, it is possible to do business within what is called a liberal profession<\/strong>. A liberal profession is defined as entrepreneurship of a natural person carried out on the basis of a law other than the Trade Licensing Act. For some liberal professions it is compulsory to become members of a professional chamber (e.g., lawyers and doctors), while for others it is only voluntary (e.g., journalists).<\/p>\n

The different types of entrepreneurships of natural persons will be explained in the following chapters.<\/p>\n