Tax & Legal Update

Senate: Single Monthly Employer Reporting bill passed

The senate has passed the Bill on Single Monthly Employer Reporting (in Czech Jednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele or JMHZ). However, the accompanying bill containing unrelated legislative amendments was returned to the chamber of deputies with…

Income taxes - summary of selected changes approved by chamber of deputies

At the end of June, the chamber of deputies approved in its third reading the bill on the Single Monthly Employer Reporting (JMHZ), including draft amendments to the accompanying laws. Although the JMHZ Act as a whole is due to come into effect on 1…

Taxation of employee stock option plans again and differently

The third change in a year and a half has been proposed to the taxation of employee stock and option plans within the debate of the laws accompanying the JMHZ Bill. This change relates to the taxation of the option plans for startups and entities…

Top-up taxes: extension of deadlines for tax returns and information returns

The chamber of deputies has approved an amendment to the Act on Top-Up Taxes extending the deadlines for filing the first-time Czech top-up tax returns and information returns to 18 months after the end of the taxable period. The amendment…

Subsidies for photovoltaics are here

From 1 July 2025, it has been possible to apply for support under the Modernisation Fund, in particular from call RES+ No. 1/2025 - Photovoltaic Power Plants up to 5 MWp with Self-Consumption.

Flexinovela amendment to Labour Code in practice: changes to notice periods

One of the novelties brought by the Flexinovela amendment to the Labour Code is the change in termination notice periods: under the new rules, they start to run on the day the notice is served and end on the day numerically identical with that day.…

News in Brief, July 2025

Last month's tax and legal news in a couple of sentences.

Deputies approve single monthly employer reporting

On 27 June 2025, the chamber of deputies approved the Bill on Single Monthly Employer Reporting (in Czech: jednotné měsíční hlášení zaměstnavatele or JMHZ) and its accompanying law.

AML Regulation: uniform rules and stricter supervision in the EU

The European Union is tightening and further harmonising its rules against money laundering and the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Regulation introduces a uniform and directly applicable framework for all…

Municipal court: VAT and gratuitous supply of land

The Municipal Court in Prague stated in its judgment that the tax base upon a contribution of land into a business company is its residual value if the right to deduct VAT was at least partially claimed upon its acquisition.