Taxes
COVID-19 and transfer pricing policy – comparability analysis
With the economic downturn brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, companies face the challenge of determining whether they should modify their transfer pricing policies. The decision has to be made at a time when comparable data necessary for the…
When shall we report under DAC 6 for the first time?
The first-time reporting of cross-border arrangements, originally planned to occur already this summer, will be postponed, most likely to the beginning of the next year: the legislative process implementing DAC 6 has been delayed, and the amendment…
Compensation bonus for persons working under agreements to complete job / perform…
The government has approved the provision of compensation bonuses also to persons performing work outside employment relationship, i.e. those who have been working based on an agreement to complete a job or an agreement to perform work resulting in…
2021 tax package heading to the Chamber of Deputies
The government has submitted to the Chamber of Deputies a bill to amend tax laws in 2021. What news are to be expected in income tax? Apart from the monetary contributions for meals, the changes mainly concern bonds and reporting of income flowing…
Last chance to draw support from OPEIC
The Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness Operational Programme (OPEIC) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) is slowly coming to a close before being replaced by the Technology and Application for Competitiveness Operational…
Postponement of digital economy taxation in both CR and other world countries
Despite assurances made in early March that the COVID-19 pandemic will not slow down negotiations on new international taxation rules applicable to the digital economy, the OECD has now made it clear that it is no longer certain that agreement will…
Determining super-gross wage to claim support under Antivirus Regime C
New Regime C of the Antivirus programme, waiving part of social security premiums and state unemployment policy contributions mandatorily paid by employers (i.e. 24.8% of the aggregate income of their employees) for June to August 2020, gives rise…
Liberation package III postpones filing of tax returns and payment of tax
In Financial Bulletin No. 9, the Ministry of Finance has published a third liberation package, generally and under certain conditions waiving tax, interest, and penalties. Among other things, sanctions for the late filing of personal and corporate…
Eight-day deadline to register/deregister employees reinstated
On 27 May 2020, a bill reducing penalties for the late payment of social security premiums and state employment policy contributions by employers in connection with the emergency measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic was promulgated in the…
Anti-crisis tax package: reduction of VAT and road tax
The chamber of deputies passed an anti-crisis tax package involving, apart from the long-discussed tax loss carry-back, a reduction of the VAT rate on selected services as well as a reduction of certain road tax rates. The bill is now to be…
Effect of COVID-19 on transfer pricing of intra-group loans
The current pandemic puts pressure on firms to keep positive cash flows and cash balances. Multinational groups are thus facing the issue of financing their companies. In the most affected industries, access to bank loans has worsened, leading to an…
Changes to tax loss carry-back
The chamber of deputies has passed an anti-crisis tax package that, among other things, introduces the option to carry back tax losses. The originally proposed concept has been further extended: for instance, it should be possible to claim a 2020…