News for sole traders

To invoice business clients in other EU countries your obrt needs a VAT ID, and that doesn't mean you have to enter the VAT system. Here is how to get it in ePorezna, what goes on the invoice, and which forms, ZP and PDV, you file afterwards for every month in which you had such work.

Only one fiscalization applies to a given invoice, and which one depends on who the buyer is, how they pay and whether your business is in the VAT system. Here is a clear table: when it is F1, when F2 (e-invoice) and when neither.

Every e-invoice line must carry a KPD code, and many sole traders are only now finding out what that is and where to look it up. Here is what KPD is, how to find the right code for your services or products, and how to enter it once so it is copied onto every invoice.

From 1 January 2027, sole traders outside the VAT system must issue e-invoices to Croatian businesses, and VAT payers already do. Here is the whole path from choosing an information intermediary to your first fiscalized invoice – no retyping and no surprises.

From 1 January 2027, sole traders (obrtnici) who issue invoices to legal entities in the Republic of Croatia must fiscalize those invoices with F2 fiscalization. A PDF invoice sent by email is no longer enough – the invoice has to be an e-invoice (eRačun) sent through an information intermediary.