You can received a reduced patent fee if you:
- receive a pension (including early retirement) and may apply the pensioner's non-taxable minimum,
- have a group 1 or 2 disability classification,
- did not receive more than EUR 3000 from income the previous year,
- are not a payroll taxpayer,
- do not employ other people,
- will not receive more that EUR 3000.
A private individual may choose to pay a reduced patent fee if self-employed in one of the following:
- Leather and textile crafts,
- Manufacture and/or repair of clothing and footwear, watches, and locks,
- Household services,
- Handicrafts,
- Florist,
- Home care services.
Applications for a reduced patent fee may be submitted through EDS, by e-mail with an electronic signature, or in paper format by post not later than seven business days before the intended start of business.
The reduced patent fee must be paid for six months or one year.
The term of payment of the reduced patent fee may not be less than six months.
The reduced patent fee is EUR 17 per year or EUR 9 euros per half-year.
SRS wil publish the decision on its website.
SRS will evaluate the application within 5 business days. Information on registration of reduced patent fee payers is placed on the SRS website within one business day and the taxpayer shall be considered registered as of that date.
The SRS shall notify of refusal to register a payer of the reduced patent fee within one business day in EDS, by e-mail, or by post as indicated in the application and refund the reduced patent fee in full within two business days.