Tax & Legal Update

Unreported work: new Employment Act concept

From 1 October 2025, an amendment to the Employment Act enters into effect introducing a new legal concept – unreported work. It significantly changes the obligation of employers to report the commencement of the employment of foreigners to the…

News in Brief, September 2025

Last month's tax and legal news in a couple of sentences.

CJEU agrees with VAT payer claiming tax exemption

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the tax exemption for exports of goods can also be applied to supplies of goods originally intended for the supply to another member state, as long as the conditions for exemption of…

New Accounting Act: revised bill brings clarifications

The Ministry of Finance has submitted another revised version of the new draft Accounting Act to the government. Its expected entry into effect has thus been postponed again, with January 2027 being the earliest possible date.

Foreign Subsidies Regulation: review may affect practice The Foreign Subsidies…

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation is facing a review by the European Commission. What will the commission focus on, what’s the current status and what steps are expected?

Second wave of effects of the AI Act

Half a year after the ban on unacceptable artificial intelligence systems took effect, the European artificial intelligence regulation is entering its next phase. Since 2 August 2025, the second wave of rules of EU Regulation 2024/1689 (AI Act) have…

New cybersecurity law will affect thousands of organisations

The new Cybersecurity Act was published in the Collection of Laws on 4 August 2025. With effect from 1 November 2025, it transposes into the Czech environment the European NIS2 Directive. The aim of the act is to increase the level of cybersecurity…

Accompanying law to JMHZ brings changes to R&D allowances

The entry into force of the new law accompanying Single Monthly Employer Reporting (in Czech Jednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele or JMHZ) will introduce changes to the administration agenda of employers and to the Income Tax Act. Particularly…

Financial administration’s view of 2024

The annual Report on the Activities of the Financial and Customs Administration provides an overview of the results of tax and customs administration for the past year.

Pre-school and school fees as employee benefits

We are continuing our series of articles focusing on the introduction of Single Monthly Employer Reporting (in Czech Jednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele or JMHZ) from the perspective of selected employee benefits that may be subject to JMHZ.…

A digital system for EU travel finally in sight

At the end of July, the European Commission announced that the Entry/Exit System (EES) for the tracking and registration of foreigners travelling to the Schengen Area will begin its implementation on 12 October 2025. 

Czech top-up tax: senate approves extension of deadlines

The senate has discussed and approved an amendment to the Act on Top-Up Taxes that extends the deadlines for the first-time filing of Czech top-up tax information returns and tax returns. The amendment was forwarded to the president for signature,…