Guides
Self-employed in Austria — simply explained
Business licence, SVS, taxes, invoices, platforms: here you'll find answers to the questions that really matter when you're starting out. No bureaucratic jargon, with checked figures.
Becoming self-employed
Becoming Self-Employed in Austria: How to Start in 2026
Becoming self-employed in Austria: register a business (free), SVS, taxes, first clients. The complete 2026 guide — explained simply.
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Becoming Self-Employed in Vienna: Your Start in the City
Becoming self-employed in Vienna: register your trade at the Magistrate or online, useful contacts, costs, and tips for starting out in the city with the most clients.
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Registering a Business in Austria: Free and in 20 Minutes
Registering a business in Austria: free, online in about 20 minutes. Which documents you need, how GISA and USP work, and what comes next.
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Small Business VAT Exemption: No VAT up to €55,000 Turnover
Small business VAT exemption 2026: no VAT up to 55,000 euros turnover. What it means, what must appear on your invoice, and when opting out is worth it.
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SVS Explained Simply: Your Insurance as a Self-Employed Person
SVS explained simply: what social insurance for the self-employed costs in 2026, what you get for it (pension, sick pay, accident cover), and how to avoid back payments.
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SVS exemption for micro-entrepreneurs: when you pay only €12.95 a month
Micro-entrepreneur exemption from the SVS: if your revenue is under €55,000 and your profit is under €6,613.20, you can apply to pay only accident insurance…
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How to write an invoice as a self-employed person
Writing invoices in Austria: all mandatory details, the small business note, and the simplified rule for invoices up to €400 — with an example. Explained simply for…
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Who's allowed to work?
Who can work self-employed in Austria?
Can you register a trade without an Austrian passport? For many, yes: EU citizens, certain residence permits, recognised refugees. An overview of who can work…
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Working and starting a business in Austria as an EU citizen
EU, EEA or Swiss passport? Then you can work in Austria without a permit and register a trade. You just need to know about the residence registration and registration…
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Self-employed with a residence permit: which permit allows what?
Red-White-Red Card plus, EU long-term residence, settlement permit: which residence permits allow self-employed work and trade registration in Austria — explained simply.
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Working with Asylum or Subsidiary Protection: What You Are Allowed to Do
Recognized as a refugee or subsidiary protection status holder? You can work freely in Austria — as an employee or with your own registered business. What applies while…
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Cleaning & house services
Becoming a Self-Employed Cleaner: How to Do It Right
Self-employed as a cleaner: register the unregulated "house care" trade (free, no exam), fair hourly rates, insurance, your own customers. 2026 guide.
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Working Legally as a Cleaner: Easier Than You Think
Cleaning without registering? Risky and unnecessary. Here is how to work legally as a cleaner in Austria: free business registration, insurance, pension — explained…
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Platform comparisons
bop vs. Wecasa: Platform Jobs or Your Own Business?
Wecasa brings you jobs for a commission — bop makes you independent: your own customers, your own prices, a fixed monthly price. The honest comparison for cleaners.
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Platform or Your Own Business: Which Gives You More?
Wecasa, Helpling & co: what booking platforms offer cleaners, what the commission really costs — and how to build your own customer base step by step.
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bop in everyday life
App for the Self-Employed: What Your Pocket Office Needs to Do
Which app do solo self-employed people actually need? Invoices, appointments, taxes, official letters — what matters, and why bop brings it all into one app. In 10…
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Chatting With Clients — Without Perfect German
A booking confirmation, a question about price, a polite refusal — answering in writing, in professional German, when your German is not (yet) perfect? bop translates…
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Your Own Website for the Self-Employed — No Tech Skills Needed
No agency, no website builder, no tech skills: bop creates your own website — clients find you online and contact you directly. No commission, kept up to date in your…
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Understanding Official Letters — Photograph It Instead of Guessing
An SVS payment notice, a letter from the tax office, a decision from the local authority — what does it mean, and what do you need to do? Photograph the letter: bop…
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What Does bop Cost? The Pricing, Explained Honestly
bop costs from 29 euros a month at launch — cancel any month, no setup fee, no commission, no hidden costs. What is included in the price, and how you get half price in…
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Prefer to just do it?
bop guides you through registration, invoices and taxes — step by step, in your language. bop is launching soon in Austria — from €29 a month. Sign up with no obligation.