On 1 October 2026, a date will arrive that entrepreneurs will remember for a long time.
It is difficult to challenge the benefits of being able to handle matters without visiting an office or the reduction in the number of documents that an entrepreneur has to submit. At the same time, however, any form of electronic transformation that turns a possibility into an obligation requires us to look at it also from the perspective of people for whom digital technologies are not a natural business environment.
For micro-entrepreneurs, it is legitimate to ask whether the state provides sufficiently effective support mechanisms for people who, for competence or organisational reasons, are not prepared to switch fully to a digital model of contact with the administration.
In such a case, digitalisation does not mean only a change in the communication channel with an office. It also requires appropriate tools, skills and, above all, awareness of the legal consequences of using electronic systems.
For a micro-business, this means the need to monitor the inbox that has been set up and through which information of legal significance may arrive. With many obligations, it is easy to imagine a situation in which the entrepreneur does not check it often enough. The risk is greater because official correspondence is not only about organisational convenience; missing a message may have consequences related to the expiry of specific deadlines.
It is also worth paying attention to security. Moving a significant part of an entrepreneur's communication with the administration into a digital environment increases the importance of adequate protection of accounts, credentials and the devices used to run the business.
For a large enterprise, these issues are usually part of internal security procedures and do not constitute a significant obstacle. In a sole proprietorship, they often remain solely with the owner.
Digitalisation may therefore also require the smallest entrepreneurs to incur additional organisational costs related to increasing digital security.
A digital state can obviously be friendly to entrepreneurs, but only if digitalisation remains a means of simplifying procedures rather than becoming an additional barrier to access to the administration. For micro-entrepreneurs, this proportion will be one of the most important tests of the reform's effectiveness.
But it does not have to be so frightening! The good news is certainly that there will be no need to run nervously to the post office to see who has sent us a registered letter and why. Receiving or sending official correspondence will be possible in the break between working for a client and having an afternoon coffee in one's own office or home. This is certainly a welcome change for entrepreneurs who are always in the so-called no-time!