Taxes

VAT on services connected with import and export of goods

In June, the Coordination Committee of the Chamber of Tax Advisors and the General Financial Directorate (GFD) issued a statement on the VAT exemption of services directly connected with the import and export of goods. The information confirms the…

What to expect in a transfer pricing inspection?

Not too long ago, transfer pricing was an issue tax administrators preferred to avoid, as their knowledge was limited in this respect. These times are over.

Last wave of subsidies for large enterprises?

A few of the last calls to participate in the Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness Operational Programme (OPEIC) were announced during the course of June, including favourite programmes such as Potential, Innovations and Applications.…

2019 amendment to VAT Act: other three important changes

A draft amendment to the VAT Act has been submitted to the Chamber of Deputies. Below we present three significant changes.

Reporting cross-border transactions

On 5 June 2018, DAC 6 was published in the EU Official Journal. It introduces a new reporting duty and automated information exchange for cross-border arrangements motivated by obtaining a tax advantage.

Controversial amendment to Tax Procedure Code published in Collection of Laws

In early June, a long-awaited and widely discussed amendment to the Tax Procedure Code was published in the Collection of Laws. The amendment expands the information duty towards tax administrators and implements – with a few months’ delay – the EU…

Taxation of listed investment funds is changing

In mid-June, the Chamber of Deputies passed a draft amendment to the Income Tax Act that alters the definition of a basic investment fund. The amendment regulates conditions under which funds whose shares have been accepted for trading on an EU…

Changes to 2019 tax package: new reporting duty and abuse of right concept

The 2019 tax package, in its external comment procedure since February, is about to be submitted to the government. The comment procedure brought a number of changes: the Ministry of Finance added a new duty to report income flowing abroad and…

Changes to 2019 tax package: corporate income tax

The proposed amendment to the Income Tax Act has passed through external comments and is now available in the government’s public electronic library, with some fundamental changes to its wording compared with the previous version.

2019 amendment to VAT Act: first four biggest changes

The amendment to the VAT Act has passed through its comment procedure and is about to be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies. Below we present the first four most significant changes.

OP EIC update

The media has disclosed information about the EU suspending the provision of aid within the Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness Operational Programme, whose governing body is the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as a result of a high error…

Witness testimonies in tax proceedings?

Along with supporting documentation, witness testimonies are the most common and most important means of proof. A tax administrator’s refusal to hear a witness may even lead to the unlawfulness of payment assessments. What are the tax authority’s…