Adding or changing an activity when you're already self-employed
When you have to report it and what changes.
In a nutshell
- If you start doing something new, drop an activity or move premises, you have to tell the Tax Office.
- It's done with form 036, within one month of the change.
- A new activity can change your VAT or your withholding.
Your Tax Office registration doesn't stay the same forever. If your business changes, it has to be updated.
Changes you have to report
- You start a new activity: for example, as well as teaching, you sell products.
- You drop one of your activities but keep the others.
- You change the address of your premises or office, or open another one.
- Your VAT scheme changes.
How it's done
- 1Choose the new headingIf it's a new activity, we suggest the heading based on what you tell us.
- 2Check the VATThe new activity may go under a different VAT scheme.
- 3File form 036The change is reported with the date it starts.
What about Social Security?. If you're already self-employed, you generally don't need a new registration. But if what you earn changes a lot, you can adjust your contribution base.
Frequently asked questions
If I drop all my activities, is it this procedure?
No. If you're stopping everything, the procedure is "Close my activity".