The network covers Slovakia within the Central Europe region. Payslips there are drawn up in EUR, and dealings with a local firm are conducted in Slovak.
The business centres where the network is looking for a correspondent as a priority are Bratislava, Košice, Žilina, Nitra.
The country is a member of the European Union. An employee posted from another member state remains attached to the scheme of origin under the conditions set by the European coordination regulations, and the A1 certificate issued by the institution of the sending country is the proof of this. That document is called for during on-site inspections: it is applied for before departure, never afterwards.
The answer to this question changes everything: it determines to whom you may entrust your payslips locally, and what you must ask for before signing. It has been verified country by country with the local authorities.
In Slovakia, running payroll on behalf of third parties is reserved by law to no registered profession: any company may take it on. The absence of a legal barrier shifts the checking onto you, and that is why the network itself verifies the registration, the tax and social security standing and the insurance cover of every firm before listing it.
La tenue de comptabilité (« Vedenie účtovníctva ») est en Slovaquie une živnosť voľná : elle ne suppose aucune qualification professionnelle particulière, seulement les conditions générales d'exercice d'une activité indépendante. La paie n'est pas davantage réservée. Seuls le conseil fiscal rémunéré (SKDP) et l'audit légal (UDVA) sont réglementés.
Slovakia is the only Central European country on this list to have adopted the euro: salaries are paid in euros, removing the exchange risk that persists with its Czech and Hungarian neighbours. Within the European Union and the European Economic Area, the coordination regulations apply here as elsewhere, covering postings as well as the aggregation of insurance periods.
Contractual documents and payslips are produced in Slovak. Social protection rests on a split architecture: the Sociálna poisťovňa (the social insurance institution) handles pensions, sickness, unemployment and occupational accidents, while health insurance proper sits with competing funds that the employee chooses.
Professionally, Slovakia reserves neither accounting nor payroll. Bookkeeping is an unregulated trade under Slovak self-employment law; only paid tax advice and statutory audit require registration. Importing the French reflex of professional body membership here would exclude most of the good firms. That absence of a monopoly does not mean an absence of licensing: the trade licence still names the permitted activity.
The employee registration form must be filed before work actually begins, a formality that is monitored and where delay is penalised immediately.
The employer registers for that purpose with the Sociálna poisťovňa and with each employee's health insurance fund. This dual affiliation is the commonest source of error, all the more so because the employer does not choose the fund: the employee does, and a headcount of a few people may be spread across several institutions.
The form of presence is decided beforehand: a Slovak company, a branch, or registering a foreign entity directly as employer, the last route being workable but requiring a correspondent able to act within the portals.
The employment contract is written, drafted in Slovak and must carry the particulars set out in the labour code. The employee receives a payslip each month. Income tax is collected through advances withheld at source and reconciled at year end, either by the employer at the employee's request or through a personal return.
The employer is also required to contribute to employees' meals, through a meal voucher or a financial allowance that the employee chooses.
Ending a contract calls for a lawful ground, a period of notice and, in a number of situations, severance. Employing a citizen of the Union involves a notification rather than a permit.
The network asks 10 documents of any firm wishing to represent it in Slovakia. The table gives, for each of them, the exact wording in use locally, the body that issues it and the period during which it remains admissible. These are the terms to use in an application to the local administration.
Of these 10 documents, 7 are required of every applicant and 7 have a limited period of validity, the shortest being 3 months. 2 of these documents exist only in Slovakia and have no equivalent in the common core of the network.
| Local wording | Issuing body | Validity | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Výpis z obchodného registraCommercial register extract Distinguer l'extrait informatif gratuit (výpis z obchodného registra na neúradné účely), suffisant pour un contrôle, de l'extrait officiel payant. Il indique l'IČO, les gérants (konatelia) et leur mode de représentation. | Obchodný register Slovenskej republiky — Ministerstvo spravodlivosti SR | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Osvedčenie o živnostenskom oprávnení (výpis zo živnostenského registra)Trade licence certificate Vérifier que la licence porte bien l'objet « Vedenie účtovníctva » (activité n° 6901 de la nomenclature des živnosti voľné), qui couvre la tenue de comptabilité et l'établissement des déclarations. C'est la pièce qui prouve que le cabinet est autorisé à facturer ces prestations. | Okresný úrad — odbor živnostenského podnikania ; Živnostenský register SR | No expiry Required | Official website |
| Osvedčenie o registrácii pre daň (DIČ) ; osvedčenie o registrácii pre DPH (IČ DPH)Tax registration certificate and VAT registration certificate Le DIČ est attribué à toute société ; l'IČ DPH (préfixe SK) n'existe que si le cabinet est assujetti à la TVA et se vérifie gratuitement dans la base VIES de la Commission européenne. | Finančná správa Slovenskej republiky | No expiry Required | Official website |
| Potvrdenie o stave osobného účtu daňového subjektu / potvrdenie o nedoplatkoch na daniachTax arrears clearance certificate Se demande auprès du bureau des impôts de rattachement, désormais principalement par voie électronique via le portail de la Finančná správa ; l'attestation est soumise à un droit de timbre administratif. | Finančná správa Slovenskej republiky — daňový úrad | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Potvrdenie o nedoplatkoch zo Sociálnej poisťovneSocial insurance arrears clearance certificate La Sociálna poisťovňa délivre désormais cette attestation par voie électronique en quelques minutes, sans déplacement en agence : un candidat sérieux la produit sous 24 heures. | Sociálna poisťovňa | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Potvrdenie o nedoplatkoch zo zdravotnej poisťovneHealth insurance arrears clearance certificate Piège classique : en Slovaquie l'assurance maladie est séparée de l'assurance sociale et gérée par trois caisses concurrentes. Un employeur peut avoir des salariés affiliés à plusieurs caisses et doit alors fournir une attestation par caisse concernée. | Caisse d'assurance maladie du salarié (VšZP, Dôvera ou Union) | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Poistenie zodpovednosti za škodu spôsobenú pri výkone činnostiProfessional liability insurance Non obligatoire pour la tenue de comptabilité, qui est une živnosť voľná ; elle l'est en revanche pour les conseillers fiscaux inscrits à la SKDP et pour les auditeurs. À exiger contractuellement, le marché slovaque la propose couramment. | Compagnie d'assurance agréée dans l'UE | 12 months Where applicable | No online service |
| Osvedčenie daňového poradcu (SKDP) ou licencia audítora (UDVA) — selon l'activitéTax adviser certificate or auditor licence À la différence de la France, la Slovaquie ne réserve pas la tenue de comptabilité ni la paie : aucune qualification n'est exigée pour les exercer. L'inscription à la SKDP n'est requise que pour le conseil fiscal rémunéré, et la licence UDVA pour l'audit légal. Ces pièces sont donc des atouts, pas des conditions. | Slovenská komora daňových poradcov (SKDP) / Úrad pre dohľad nad výkonom auditu (UDVA) | 12 months Where applicable | Official website |
| Občiansky preukaz alebo cestovný pas konateľa ; výpis z registra trestovDirector's ID document and criminal record extract L'extrait de casier judiciaire est déjà exigé pour l'obtention de la licence d'exercice : le candidat l'a normalement sous la main, et il constitue un bon contrôle d'honorabilité. | Ministerstvo vnútra SR / Generálna prokuratúra SR (register trestov) | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Dokumentácia podľa GDPR a zákona č. 18/2018 Z. z. o ochrane osobných údajovGDPR and Act 18/2018 data protection documentation Aucun enregistrement préalable n'existe sous le RGPD : la preuve de conformité passe par le registre des activités de traitement, la désignation éventuelle d'un DPO et surtout le contrat de sous-traitance de l'article 28 du RGPD, à signer avec le réseau. | Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov Slovenskej republiky | No expiry Where applicable | Official website |
The three competing health insurance funds are the most concrete peculiarity. An employer may have to file and pay with several of them, and to produce as many no-debt certificates when a client asks. Payroll configuration must reflect each employee's individual choice. Asking for one certificate where two funds are involved leaves half the exposure unchecked.
The compulsory meal contribution is the second feature. It is not a discretionary benefit but a legal obligation, whose form the employee determines, voucher or cash allowance, which means collecting and recording that choice. It also carries a cost that belongs in the employment budget.
Access to the market for accounting services is checked through the wording of the trade licence, which must mention bookkeeping, rather than through professional body membership, which does not exist in this field.
Ne transposez pas le modèle français de l'ordre des experts-comptables : en Slovaquie la comptabilité est une activité libre, et exiger une inscription ordinale éliminerait la majorité des bons cabinets. Le vrai filtre est double : la licence d'exercice mentionnant « Vedenie účtovníctva » et le triptyque d'attestations fiscales et sociales. Attention enfin au système à trois caisses maladie, qui multiplie les attestations à réclamer, et pensez à vérifier l'IČ DPH dans VIES.
The network opens 3 partner slots in Slovakia, not one more. No firm is listed there yet: all 3 slots therefore remain open to applications.
No listed partner in Slovakia has asked to appear in the public directory. The contact details of a firm are passed on to the client only when an assignment is awarded.
Filing an application does not amount to admission: every request is reviewed one by one. There is no minimum turnover requirement, and the partner selected invoices its fees directly.
Submit an application: we review your file, we check the documents required on the ground and we give you an answer, whether it is positive or not.
In Slovakia we ask for no professional body membership for payroll, because the law requires none. The filter lies elsewhere. We request the commercial register extract together with proof of the trade licence itself, whose stated activity must include bookkeeping; that wording is what shows the firm may lawfully invoice these services.
We then require the set of three certificates: tax office, Sociálna poisťovňa and the health insurance fund concerned. Membership of the chamber of tax advisers is an asset rather than a condition.
Describe your requirement. No firm is listed in Slovakia yet: we review the request, then entrust it to a local firm that the network identifies and vets, or to the partner of a neighbouring country covering this territory. Your contact details are passed on to the selected firm alone.
Request a provider in SlovakiaMobility is rarely arranged one country at a time. The neighbouring profiles follow the same outline.
These countries account for most of the requests received: each one has, in addition to its profile, six pages devoted to a single aspect of local payroll.
The information gathered on this page comes from the registers, administrations and bodies listed below, consulted when the reference base was compiled. It is given for guidance and does not replace the advice of a professional established in Slovakia.