Case law
Misuse of company credit card ruled legitimate reason for terminating employment
The Supreme Court recently dealt with a case involving the controversial use of a business payment card. The employer believed that the employee had misused the card and immediately terminated the employment. The employee objected that he had not…
Liability for VAT in payments to foreign accounts contrary to EU law
A supply recipient’s liability for unpaid VAT if the payment for the supply is made by a transfer to a foreign account is contrary to EU law, according to a regional court’s recent decision (file No. 22 Af 102/2014).
Full damage compensation in car accidents
The Constitutional Court again ruled on compensation of damage in car accidents. After a series of rulings dealing with the amortisation of spare parts used to repair crashed cars, the court now looked into the issue of compensation for damage…
Meeting conditions for exempted delivery
Proving the entitlement for VAT exemption when delivering goods to another member state is becoming increasingly difficult due to the growing demands of the tax administrators. Taxpayers will thus surely be happy to hear of any ruling that may make…
Supreme Court: end of zero tolerance to alcohol at work
Although the Labour Code bans employees from entering the workplace under the influence of alcohol, the Supreme Court in its recent judgment stated that not every breach of this duty is automatically a justified reason for dismissal. According to…
Stricter conditions for tax deductibility of expenses?
Some rulings by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) have surprising outcomes and de facto narrow the space for recognising expenses as tax-deductible by requiring proof that that a service was received from a specific supplier.
Defence against unlawful procedure to remove doubt may be well worth it
In its recent judgement, the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) emphasised that the procedure to remove doubt should only serve to clarify concrete uncertainties. It is a tool to ascertain or to check, immediately and without delay, whether a tax…
Duty to identify clients and ascertain beneficial owners
According to the ruling of the Municipal Court in Prague, it is not possible to simply identify a statutory body, director or other top manager as the beneficial owner in cases of unclear ownership structures, as such persons may not be in a direct…
Interest on long-retained excess deductions liable to income tax?
Interest on long-retained excess deductions of up to 14% p.a. was first awarded to a taxable entity by the Supreme Administrative Court more than two and a half years ago. Since then, a number of administrative courts proceeded similarly and…
SAC on VAT exemption
In tax inspections, tax offices increasingly focus on VAT fraud connected with the transit of goods. What to watch out for when delivering goods to another EU member state, and how not raise the tax authority’s suspicions? The recent Supreme…
Consideration for transfer of technical improvement – good news on the horizon?
In the autumn of 2014, the Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling, stating that the right to carry out tax depreciation of a technical improvement cannot be transferred between tenants, stirred the tax waters considerably. The case has now returned…
When is a corporation not criminally liable?
At the end of last year, the Supreme Court opined on the limits of corporate criminal liability. Case law in this field has been quite sporadic. In regards to last December’s amendment to the Corporate Criminal Liability Act, any ruling that…