Taxes
What will amendment to Accounting Act bring?
The draft amendment to the Accounting Act approved by the government will change the categorisation of entities and introduce new obligations regarding sustainability reporting. During the comment procedure, the originally proposed effective date…
Finance ministry on future of windfall tax
The Czech Ministry of Finance reports that the state's extraordinary revenues from tax on windfall profits and levies on surplus revenues and wealth gains have not yet covered its extraordinary expenses related to the energy crisis. Although not…
Top-up tax: postponed deadlines and other proposed changes
The Act on Top-Up Taxes has not been valid a full year yet, but a draft amendment is already underway. The Ministry of Finance has now published the draft amendment after having incorporated comments. The most important changes concern the deadlines…
Amendment to Income Tax Act introduces huge changes in personal income tax
Responding to the forthcoming new Accounting Act, the Ministry of Finance has published a draft amendment to the Income Tax Act. The proposed effective date of 1 January 2025 and other parts of the amendment may still change during the legislative…
Changes to excise duties from 2025
The government has approved a draft amendment to the Excise Duty Act, which introduces several key changes aimed to reduce the administrative burden for taxpayers, increase legal certainty on the market for selected products, and increase the…
Amendment to Income Tax Act responding to new Accounting Act
The Ministry of Finance has published a draft amendment to the Income Tax Act, responding to the new draft Accounting Act. The proposed effective date of 1 January 2025 and other parts of the amendment may change during the legislative process.…
Amendment to VAT Act 2025 in detail – Part III
We present a continuation of the overview of the most important changes contained in the draft amendment to the Value Added Tax Act. As we have already informed our readers, the amendment has gone through the comment procedure, and a version for the…
Amendment to the Tax Procedure Code: more questions than answers
In accordance with the government's legislative work plan for 2024, the expected amendment to certain laws concerning tax administration is coming. Among them is the Tax Procedure Code, which regulates the procedure of tax administrators and the…
Senate passes Amendment to Investment Companies and Investment Funds (ICIF) Act
On 29 May 2024, the senate approved an amendment to the Act on Investment Companies and Investment Funds (ICIF) and related laws including changes to some parts of the consolidation package, in the wording as passed by the chamber of deputies. In…
Double taxation treaty with Belarus partially suspended
The Ministry of Finance has announced that the implementation of a part of the Treaty with Belarus shall be suspended in the period from 1 June 2024 to 31 December 2026.
Fuel sales: new GFD interpretation of windfall tax
The Czech Statistical Office has updated the classification of activities according to the CZ-NACE. This may affect the scope of payers of windfall tax relating to the sale of fuel.
Amendment to VAT Act 2025 heads to chamber of deputies
Below, we are bringing you up to date on the amendment to the VAT Act 2025. The draft amendment has already gone through the comment procedure, and the version for the government meeting has been published. It contains several changes after the…