Interest on retained excess deductions reconfirmed
It has been two years since the Supreme Administrative Court issued a breakthrough decision in the Kordárna case, confirming that the tax authority must pay interest on retained excess deductions to the taxpayer. Despite the court’s decision, tax…
SAC: toll manufacturing should not result in loss
The Supreme Administrative Court recently dealt with yet another transfer-pricing case. The dispute involved the entitlement of a toll manufacturer to report losses due to unfavourable developments in the target market.
Tax authority’s duty to produce evidence
The Supreme Administrative Court’s recent judgment concerning the entitlement to VAT deduction reminds us that not only the taxpayer must prove facts during tax proceedings but also the tax authority. The tax administration’s attempt to shift the…
Dealing with the biggest pain of VAT inspections
For a long time, during VAT inspections, honest businesses have mostly feared failing to prove the receipt of supplies from an uncontactable supplier or their supplier’s involvement in VAT fraud without the recipient’s knowledge. A recent Supreme…
SAC: Tax administrators have to obtain a key witness statement
Has the tax administrator challenged the delivery of supplies or services on the grounds of your supplier being uncontactable? The Supreme Administrative Court in its recent judgment confirmed that the tax authority has to make all efforts and use…
SAC: To err is human even for accountants
The Supreme Administrative Court has finally and conclusively clarified the issue of applying the accrual principle to the taxation of accounting revenues by rejecting the retrospective current period taxation of revenues forgotten for many years.…