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Doing business in Serbia: guides
These guides explain how a foreign company sets up and runs a business in Serbia, with the rules, the fees, the deadlines and the official sources. Each guide shows the date of its last review.
Set up
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Branch office or d.o.o.
A d.o.o. (a limited liability company) limits the liability of its members, and a branch office does not. Both forms pay 8,000 RSD at APR, the Serbian Business Registers Agency, and corporate income tax at 15%.
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The registered address rules
A company can register its seat at a virtual office address, because APR, the Serbian Business Registers Agency, asks for no proof of ownership or lease.
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UBO registration
A Serbian company records its beneficial owners at APR within 30 days of its registration or of a change, and confirms them each year.
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Employ
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The single permit from the employer's side
An employer in Serbia files the single permit online, and the law sets 15 days for the decision of the MUP, the Ministry of the Interior, on a complete application. The state fees are 24,960 RSD per person.
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eBolovanje
Since 2026-01-01, employers in Serbia get the sick leave documents in eBolovanje, the electronic sick leave system. Since 2026-04-01, they also send the calculation requests to RFZO, the Republic Health Insurance Fund, through eBolovanje.
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Run
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SEF e-invoicing
Every VAT payer in Serbia issues and receives e-invoices in SEF, the state e-invoicing system.
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A back office for a foreign subsidiary
The back office of a Serbian subsidiary covers administration, accounting, payroll, payments, IT and records, and its cost depends on the volume of work.
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Technology
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IT setup for a new company
Every new company registers an email address and registers as a user of e-government services (ZPD Art. 21), and the rest of the IT follows in a fixed order.
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