Czech Republic enacts DAC7
On 7 December 2022, the Czech Republic enacted Law No. 373/2022 for implementing into domestic legislation, the EU Directive imposing reporting and exchange of information requirements concerning the activities of certain digital platform operators
See MoreCzech Republic: Supreme Court makes a decision of a TP case on related party transaction
Recently, the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) held in judgment 7 Afs 398/2019 – 49 of a transfer pricing (TP) case that tax administrators may assess additional tax based on overall profitability not just for related-party transactions, but
See MoreCzech Republic: Finance Ministry updates list of jurisdictions exchanging CbC reports
On 20 January 2022, the Finance Ministry published Finance Bulletin No.3/2022, which updates the list of jurisdictions participating in the exchange of country-by-country (CbC) reports for the 2021 reporting
See MoreCzech Republic: Finance Ministry issues Bulletin regarding MCAA-CRS
On 28 December 2021, the Finance Ministry published a Bulletin regarding the lists of jurisdictions exchanging Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting for the year 2021 on International Cooperation in Tax Administration and on Amendments to Other
See MoreCzech Republic: Finance Ministry issues a guide to amend the Tax Code
On 22 April 2021, the Ministry of Finance issued a guide in Financial Bulletin 19/2021, which provides amendments to Tax Code. According to the Guide, the late payment interest rate is decreased from 14% to 8%. The amount of default interest is
See MoreCzech Republic: Finance ministry extends tax return filing deadline
On 9 March 2021, the Government published Financial Bulletin No. 16/2021, including a decision from Finance Ministry that the submission deadline of income tax return 2020 in paper format is extended from 1 April 2021 until 3 May 2021. On the other
See MoreCzech Republic: Government request to extend the state of emergency until February 2021
On 18 January 2021, the Andrej Babiš cabinet approved the Government’s request to extend the state of emergency for another 30 days, i.e. until 21 February 2021. The measures included in this State of emergency are given below: The government
See MoreCzech Republic: Tax Authority publishes Q&A regarding DAC6 obligations
On 9 December 2020, the General Financial Directorate published a document containing most frequently asked questions and answers in relation to the mandatory disclosure of reportable cross-border arrangements (DAC6). According to the document, the
See MoreCzech Republic: Government decides to introduce a domestic DST
The Government has recently decided to introduce a domestic DST following the delay in a unified approach at both the global (OECD) and regional level (European Union). The Czech DST is expected to apply temporarily, until an international approach
See MoreCzech Republic: Deputies agrees with the postponement of the electronic registration
On 16 October 2020, the deputies approved the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to postpone all four phases of the electronic registration of sales until 1 January 2023. The amendment to the Act on the Registration of Sales is now heading to the
See MoreCzech Republic: Supreme Court makes a decision regarding transfer pricing issues
Recently, the Supreme Administrative Court has issued a landmark decision for companies that have incentives to invest in older systems. The court confirmed that failure to meet the condition not to increase the tax base for calculating tax relief
See MoreCzech Republic: Finance Ministry declares the extension of COVID-19 tax relief
On 14 October 2020, the Finance Ministry announced that a large liberation packages are extended in response to coronavirus pandemic. The package includes delay of tax payments by companies whose primary activity falls into an area targeted by the
See MoreCzech Republic: BEPS multilateral instrument (MLI) enters into force
On 1 September 2020, the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) entered into force for Czech Republic. Czech Republic deposited on 13 May 2020 its ratification
See MoreCzech Republic: Financial Administration confirms delay of DAC6 reporting obligations
On 19 August 2020, the Financial Administration published an announcement about the Official publication of a Law 343/2020 of 14 August 2020 regarding the transposing the DAC6 cross-border arrangement reporting obligations. This Law will take enter
See MoreCzech Republic: Chamber of duties publishes a Law regarding dispute resolution
On 6 August 2020, the Chamber of duties Officially published Law 335/2020, which provides rules to ensure about the effective implementation of dispute resolution mechanisms under EU Council Directive 2017/1852. This Law will enter into force on 15
See MoreCzech Republic: Supreme Court makes a decision regarding statute of limitations
On 2 July 2020, the Supreme Court issued a decision against the tax authorities regarding statute of limitations period extension. On 25 November 2015, the tax authority started a tax inspection concerning the taxpayer’s corporate income
See MoreDAC6 Updates: Optional deferral of DAC6 reporting deadlines
On 24 June 2020, the European Council reached agreement on an optional 6-month postponement to the reporting deadlines for relevant taxpayers under EU Directive 2018/822 (DAC6), and a delay to the exchange of information under
See MoreCzech Republic: Financial Administration announces to expect a delay on DAC6 implementation
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, and in response to requests from European trade associations, the European Commission has published its proposal to amend Directive 2011/16/EU which deals with various strands of administrative co-operation in the field of
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