Taxes
Penalties for VAT ledger statements: new waiver options
The General Financial Directorate (GFD) is expanding options to waive penalties for the failure to file VAT ledger statements, or for their late filing, amounting to CZK 10, 30 or 50 thousand. It will be possible to waive up to two penalties for…
The moment of export from a VAT perspective
Last year’s amendment to the VAT Act changed the definition of a tax document upon the export of goods. A recent contribution submitted by the Chamber of Tax Advisors for discussion in the coordination committee with the GFD clarifies the moment at…
MF issues discussion paper on ATAD implementation
The Ministry of Finance released a discussion paper on the implementation of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) into Czech law. It mainly focuses on new interest deduction limitation rules, exit taxation, controlled foreign company rules and…
With tax package approved, GFD preparing draft information on amendment to VAT Act
The chamber of deputies has approved a tax package referred back to the chamber by the senate in its original “chamber” wording. In particular, the senate’s motions to amend VAT on real property were dismissed by deputies. Even though the effective…
What will country-by-country reporting bring in practice?
The proposed amendment to the Act on International Cooperation requires multinational groups with an annual consolidated turnover exceeding EUR 750 million to prepare a country-by-country report. The amendment is currently on the agenda of the next…
Clarification of VAT regime on re-sale of telecommunication services
The General Financial Directorate (GFD) decided to respond to frequent inquiries regarding the purchase and sale of electronic communication services and issued a clarifying appendix to its already-published information. The application of a…
Amendment significantly expands reporting duties towards tax authority
In mid-February, the Ministry of Finance submitted an amendment to the Tax Procedure Rules for an accelerated comment procedure. This amendment should ensure access to other information about taxable entities and their bank accounts to tax and other…
GFD provides clarification on reporting of sales received from carriers
Have you properly set contractual terms and conditions with your carriers? Do you know when and who is supposed to report sales with payment collection provided by carriers? Please note that for ERS purposes, not all carriers are the same! The…
How to deliver data messages with powers of attorney
Delivering messages to data boxes have been causing interpretation uncertainties since 2009 when data boxes were introduced in our legislation, in particular where the formal elements of documents delivered via data boxes are concerned. Both civil…
Survey: Czech tax environment not supportive of business
Almost two thirds of finance managers do not consider the Czech tax environment favourable for business activities and more than half of them view the changes made in the last two or three years as negative. In their opinion, the most negative is…
Expected income tax changes
A tax package, containing changes in income taxes, VAT and tax procedure rules, has passed its third reading in the chamber of deputies and is currently moving to the senate. The important changes to the Income Tax Act that have already been…
Binding rulings now also on allocation of profits to permanent establishments
Thanks to the budget committee’s amending proposal, the above mentioned amendment to the Income Tax Act (Print No. 873) expands the applicability of binding rulings. These will now also apply to the method in which profits are allocated to a…