Tax & Legal Update
OP EIC – new calls for summer 2021
Last calls under the popular Potential, Application and Innovation – Innovation Project programmes are to be announced under the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness (OP EIC) that is slowly drawing to an end.
Modernisation Fund – new environmental support
The Modernisation Fund as a new EU programme for 2021–2030 provides support for investments to modernise energy systems, improve energy efficiency and use renewable resources.
Another call under TREND
The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic has announced the fourth call to participate in the TREND programme – Sub-Programme 2 – Newcomers.
2021 amendment to VAT Act: platforms and One-Stop-Shops
A draft amendment to the VAT Act, to enter into effect on 1 July 2021, introduces the deemed supplier concept for electronic interface operators (platforms). This concept should be applied when a platform facilitates certain distance sales of goods…
New COVID-related business support programmes
The government announced new programmes to support business activities: COVID – Uncovered Costs and COVID – 2021. Applications will again have to be submitted through the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agenda Information System (AIS MPO) portal as…
Waiver of sanctions for late filing of 2020 income tax returns
With respect to the persisting effects of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, the Ministry of Finance has issued another liberation measure that under certain conditions waives the penalties charged to taxpayers for the late filing of income tax returns for…
Obligatory testing of employees
On 1 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an extraordinary measure, ordering the obligatory testing of employees at companies. The measure is effective from 3 March 2021 until further notice.
Transfer pricing - comparability analysis in times of COVID-19
The unprecedented changes in the economic environment following the outbreak of COVID-19 have created unique challenges for setting prices in intra-group transactions. The correct setting or verification of transfer prices for the past year while…
Remuneration for making funds available using promissory note VAT exempt?
In judgment C 801/19 FRANCK, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that remuneration for the transfer of funds provided by a factoring company to a debtor is, from a VAT perspective, a transaction in securities, therefore exempt…
SC further tightens conditions for withdrawal from non-compete clause
The recent Supreme Court (SC) judgement marks a further tightening of conditions for employers who decide to withdraw from a non-compete clause negotiated with their employee. According to the judgment, arrangements that give the employer the option…
French court outlines new permanent/fixed establishment concept for digital sector
The court’s decision brings an entirely new view on a permanent/fixed establishment for companies operating in a digital sector. Will other EU member states also get inspired?
Right to disconnect? Higher protection of employees in sight
The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to submit a draft directive allowing employees to log off from work after working hours without being sanctioned for such behavior in any way. According to the parliament, the expansion of…