Guides
Articles for people opening and running a company in Montenegro. Pick a topic or search. If a sentence disagrees with the Tax Administration, PSC, or the Innovation Fund, follow the official page.
9 articles
Starting
Legal form, the name, the papers, the seat, the electronic signature, and the first month.
3 articles
Tax
Which tax questions to ask, and when VAT has to be decided. No rate is copied here.
3 articles
Money
What to ask a bank, and how money should move between you and the company.
3 articles
People
What to take to an accountant, when a question is for a lawyer, and what changes when you hire.
3 articles
Grants
How to read a call, and why the company, the innovation portal, and the Fund are different doors.
21 articles
- Starting1 mind.o.o. or preduzetnikA company and a sole trader are different registrations. Decide before you pay a fee or order a signature.
- Starting1 minCheck the name before you print itThe name goes into the founding act. A clash shows up at filing, not on the business card.
- Starting1 minFinish this list before you open IRMSThe form is the last step. The decisions sit in the papers you upload.
- Starting1 minThe papers have to tell the same storyThe act, the statute and the application should agree on name, seat, activity and who signs.
- Starting1 minWrite the activity you will actually invoiceThe code is not a slogan. The registry will show it, and a later change is a new filing.
- Starting1 minThe seat is an address the registry can useA café where you sometimes work is not the seat. The papers, the bank and the tax office will use the address you file.
- Starting1 minGet the signature before you sit down to fileIRMS login is a qualified electronic signature or a Crnogorski Telekom eTrust account. Order it before the day you file.
- Starting1 minThe first month after the certificateThe certificate starts the admin. It does not finish it. Bank, extract, and the same facts for your accountant.
- Tax1 minWhich taxes to ask aboutProfit, VAT and payroll are different questions. The number belongs on the official page and in your accountant’s note.
- Tax1 minDecide VAT before the first invoiceThe law has a threshold. This page does not copy it. The VAT annex on the registration form is optional for a reason.
- Money1 minQuestions to take to the bankThe Central Bank supervises banks. It does not pick one for you. Ask two banks the same list and compare the written answers.
- Money1 minCompany money is not your walletThe first transfer to yourself is a tax question. Salary, loan and profit are different. Decide before you move the money.
- People1 minWhat to take to the first meeting with an accountantA useful first hour is a list of facts. Leave with who files, what you keep, and how often you meet.
- People1 minWhen the question is for a lawyerA guide can show the official door. A dispute, a founder deal, or a contract you cannot explain needs a lawyer you instruct.
- People1 minHiring is a filing, not only a contractThe business portal’s guide covers an employee as well as a company. A contract in a drawer is not the filing.
- Grants1 minHow to read a grant callThe deadline, the budget and who may apply are on the call. StartCG does not copy them and does not submit for you.
- Grants1 minThe company, the innovation portal and the Fund are three doorsRegistering a d.o.o. does not enter you in a programme. A programme does not incorporate the company.
- Starting2 minRegister a limited company (d.o.o.)What the business portal and the Point of Single Contact ask for, where IRMS fits, and what to confirm before you pay.
- Tax1 minTax and the IRMS portalWhat the Tax Administration says you can do in IRMS, and what this site will not calculate for you.
- Money1 minOpen a business bank accountAfter the certificate: what to expect from a bank, and where the Central Bank fits.
- Grants1 minWhere grant calls are publishedThe Innovation Fund publishes programmes and calls. This guide does not copy a deadline.