Support for digitisation available until mid-February
Small and medium-sized enterprises can apply for support for digitalisation within the Call I Digital Enterprise - Technology 4.0 programme announced under the Operational Programme Technology and Applications for Competitiveness.
Big changes ahead for databoxes. Will you get one, too?
The ever-present emphasis on digitisation will also have a significant impact on communication via databoxes. The first changes brought about by an amendment to the law regulating databoxes will already be effective from January 2022.
Another step towards digitisation in corporate law
The Ministry of Justice has prepared a bill to implement into Czech law further changes arising from the EU directive as regards the use of digital tools and processes in corporate law. The related amendment to the Notarial Code has already entered…
Establishing trades or corporations easily, quickly and on-line?
To the Chamber of Deputies, a group of deputies has submitted a motion to amend legislation regulating the establishment of corporations. The proposal should enable the establishment of a trade or a limited liability company easily from home via the…
Outsourcing in financial services – new and stricter guidelines
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued new and stricter guidelines on outsourcing arrangements, affecting all entities subject to its supervision, including payment and electronic money institutions. EBA’s guidelines have been prepared in…
Another step towards EU copyright reform
The media has recently been overflowing with news about the European Parliament approving a directive on copyright on the internet, including articles about a threat to freedom on the internet or the end of the internet in its current form. What…
ECOFIN meeting: Taxation of digital economy and definitive VAT system
The main tax issues discussed at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council’s October meeting were the taxation of the digital economy and the implementation of a definitive VAT system. The ECOFIN approved a draft directive implementing a new system…
EU finance ministers discuss new digital economy rules
An informal meeting of the EU’s finance ministers and central bank governors took place in Tallinn in September and addressed, among other things, taxation issues in the context of the digital economy. The ministers looked into new approaches to the…
Latest news - October 2017
Last month’s tax and legal news in a few sentences.