Taxes
Changes in investment incentives
Investors will most likely have to deal with a new system of investment incentives from spring 2019, as significant amendments to legislation regulating investment incentives are under way.
Fourth public tender under Epsilon programme announced
Through the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR), businesses may apply for support to applied research and experimental development under the Epsilon programme. On 28 February 2018, the fourth public tender was announced, focusing on…
Information duty towards tax administrators extended again
Right after New Year’s Day, the government submitted to the Chamber of Deputies an amendment to the Tax Procedure Code, significantly expanding the extent of information that the tax authority may request from third parties. The extended information…
Changes in VAT Act expected in 2019
The Ministry of Finance has submitted a draft amendment to the VAT Act with planned effectiveness from January 2019 for external comments. The amendment aims to comply with the duty to transpose new EU regulations into our legislation and to…
Changes to Income Tax Act in 2019
Taxpayers are up for major changes starting from 2019. At least according to the first draft of the amendment to the Income Tax Act, released by the Ministry of Finance for external comments. The concept of taxation of individuals is to change…
Opportunity to obtain aid from public resources in 2018
Numerous businesses use various forms of public support to finance their investments. New financing opportunities for 2018 have already been announced or are currently under preparation. Utilised most commonly are investment incentives, subsidies…
Amendments to GFD’s information effective from January
The General Financial Directorate (GFD) announced that the existing approach to the waiver of penalties for the failure to file VAT ledger statements will also be applied in 2018 and that the unreliable payer concept criteria will be extended…
ERS changed and its further fate questioned
Those of you getting ready to join the ERS regime should pay attention: in the middle of last December, the Constitutional Court cancelled some provisions of the Act on the Electronic Reporting of Sales. This judgement will also affect some who are…
Will some investment funds lose their tax advantage?
In December, the Senate submitted to the Chamber of Deputies its own draft amendment to the Income Tax Act designed to narrow the definition of basic investment funds.
VAT not to be included in acquirer’s immovable property acquisition tax base
VAT will not be included in the immovable property acquisition tax base even if the person liable to this tax is the acquirer. Based on this, persons liable to immovable property acquisition tax may file additional tax returns and claim part of the…
News in international tax cooperation
We have seen many changes in international tax cooperation in recent years, especially in the area of multilateral instruments. 2017 introduced a few novelties in bilateral double taxation treaties. An overview of the changes in these treaties…
Top eight tax news items for employers and employees in 2018
The maximum assessment base for social insurance and the minimum wage will increase, which will affect the amount of some other mandatory payments and tax credits. Employees will also be allowed to complete their statements of payroll tax…