Tax & Legal Update
CJEU on consumer credit information
In its judgement in case C66/19, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) held that it was unacceptable for a credit agreement to provide obligatory information merely by referring to a provision of national law that itself refers to other legislative…
New call to participate in TREND
On 29 April 2020, the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR) announced the third call within the research and experimental development programme, focusing on the creation of research and development results and their use in one´s own…
Amendment to Tax Procedure Code revisited
The Chamber of Deputies did not pass any of the proposed versions of the amendment to the Tax Procedure Code; the bill thus fell through. Within a week, the Ministry of Finance came up with another bill, drawn up on the same layout as the original…
Certain extraordinary measures have been cancelled by the court. What will be the…
The Municipal Court in Prague cancelled four measures of the Ministry of Health with effect from 27 April. At the same time, the Government started to gradually loosen the current restrictions. The court decision will thus probably have the most…
COVID Plus guarantees and postponement of the deadline for applications for subsidies
The anticipated Government regulation specifying detailed conditions for the provision of guarantees under the COVID Plus programme has been published in the Collection of Laws. Guarantees for loans granted within this programme will be provided by…
Waiver of VAT on the grounds of an extraordinary event
Value added tax on free delivery of goods and provision of services to selected entities is waived until the end of the state of emergency declared to fight the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus provided that the goods and services serve to stop…
The issue of validity of “forced” settlement with the State
From the beginning of April, employers may apply for a contribution towards wage compensations from the Antivirus programme guaranteed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs grants the contribution on…
Postponement of advance payments on income tax on dependent activities and of…
The General Financial Directorate (GFD) has published a guideline allowing payers of personal income tax on dependent activities to apply for postponement of advance payments or for payment of the tax in instalments. Postponement (or payment in…
Relaxing the rules for short-term business trips and employment of EU citizens
With the decreasing numbers of patients infected by the COVID-19 disease, certain measures imposed by the Government and affecting Czech employers and the entry of foreigners – EU citizens and third-country nationals – to the Czech Republic have…
Impact of governmental measures on the application of double taxation treaties
In response to the extraordinary governmental measures adopted in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g. restriction of travel, quarantine), the OECD has released a recommendation to address certain tax implications of a temporary change of the…
Certain issues concerning postponement of loan repayment
A new Act specifying certain measures related to repayment of loans during the COVID-19 pandemic came into effect on 17 April 2020. However, the possibility of postponing the repayment of certain loans entails some interpretation ambiguities as well…