News on tax obligations of transport service providers
The General Financial Directorate (GFD) has published Information summarising tax obligations in terms of VAT, personal income tax, and road tax for entities providing passenger transport through mobile applications (e.g. Uber, Bolt or Liftago). It…
Amendment to VAT Act 2024: reporting obligation for payment service providers
According to the upcoming amendment to the VAT Act, a new reporting obligation for payment service providers regarding payments abroad will apply from 1 January 2024. The draft amendment is currently awaiting its first reading in the chamber of…
What will global minimum effective tax do to Czech companies?
The finalisation of the global minimum effective tax regulation is progressing at the OECD and EU levels in parallel. There is a general consensus on the introduction of a 15% tax. EU member states are obligated to adopt the relevant legislation as…
Energy price capping: compensation subject to VAT?
In February, the government approved an amendment to the government decree on compensation paid to suppliers for the delivery of electricity and gas at fixed prices, which was supposed to clarify whether this compensation is subject to VAT. The…
Russia on the list on non-cooperative jurisdictions: tax implications for Czech…
With effect from 21 February 2023, the Council of the EU extended the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes to include the British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, the Marshall Islands, and Russia. For the first time, this may have wider…
GFD Instruction D-59 from corporate income tax perspective
GFD Instruction D-59 replacing existing Instruction D-22 mainly brings clarifications resulting from the conclusions of available case law and coordination committees from recent years. Pertaining to corporate income tax, however, the instruction…
What’s new in tax for employees in 2023?
With the new year come changes in employee taxation as well as social security and health insurance. The maximum assessment base for social security contributions has increased and the limit from which wages are taxed at 23% has been raised. Many…
New Accounting Act has clear outlines
The law promises to reduce the administrative burden and move accounting towards international standards. Together with implementing decrees, accounting standards, and a law amending related legislation including the Income Tax Act, the act should…
GFD publishes Q&As on DAC7
The document providing methodological guidance through questions and answers summarises the obligations of digital platform operators arising from the new reporting obligation relating to sellers and sales made through these platforms.
Levy on surplus market revenues of electricity producers
In November, an amendment to the Energy Act passed through the legislative process at record speed, introducing a levy on surplus market revenues for most electricity producers and implementing part of EU Council Regulation 2022/1854 of 6 October…
Changes in mandatory establishment of databoxes
The mandatory establishment of data boxes for all natural persons will most likely be abolished. The legislative amendment introducing the mandatory establishment of data boxes from 1 January 2023, which is already valid but not yet in effect, will…
Fuel card market to change significantly?
The application of VAT on fuel cards is a much debated topic among the professional public, mainly due to the lack of relevant legislation. The EC's VAT Committee has issued a working paper which rather surprisingly does not entirely conform to the…