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Amendment to the Act on auditors has already come into effect
October 6, 2016As of October, 1st, amendment to the Act on Auditors has come into effect. The amendment applies European directive 2014/56/ effective from June 2014 which transforms the former European directive 2006/43/ES on mandatory audits of yearly and consolidated financial statements together with Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities...
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Regulation „eIDAS“ – have you already heard about it?
June 27, 2016New regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market becomes effective as of July 1st (also called Regulation eIDAS). The goal of the regulation is building of digital single market and creating appropriate conditions for the mutual recognition of key enablers across borders, such as electronic identification, electronic documents, electronic signatures and electronic delivery services, and for interoperable e-government services across the European Union...
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Consumers can solve disputes by using alternative dispute resolution
April 12, 2016As of 1st February 2016 it came into effect an amendment of the Consumer protection law which enables to solve disputes between consumers and sellers by using alternative dispute resolution. Sellers are obliged to inform consumers that there are new ways of alternative dispute resolutions...
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EU-Commission decides selective tax advantages for Fiat in Luxembourg and Starbucks in the Netherlands are illegal under EU state aid rules
November 2, 2015The EU- Commission has concluded that selective tax advantages provided by local tax authorities for Fiat in Luxembourg and Starbucks in the Netherlands are illegal under EU state aid rules. The tax authorities issued tax rulings which artificially lowered the tax paid by the company...
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OECD aims to restrict shifting of corporate profit into low/no tax environments
October 26, 2015G20 finance ministers adopted OECD international tax reform to restrain tax evasion. The reform says that huge multinational corporate businesses will pay taxes in the state where profit is earned therefore they could not shift profits artificially in to low or no tax environments where no business activity occurs. According to OECD researches in 2013 the governments’ revenue losses amounts from USD 100 to 240 billion annually thanks to profit shifting into tax advantageous areas...
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New directive to support fight against legalization of revenues from criminal activity
October 26, 2015European Parliament adopted as of May 2015 a new Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing. The aim is to increase transparency of ownership structures of legal persons and trust funds. The most important changes are the establishment of central register of final owners of legal persons and trust funds, tightened control of politically exposed persons and unification of penalties at community level. The entrepreneurs can receive a cash payment in the maximum amount of 10 000 euro compared to former 15 000 euro. Using tax revenues from tax criminal activity will be considered as money laundry.
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Electronic records of sales
October 19, 2015As of June 3, 2015 the government approved a new law introducing a system of electronic records of cash sales of goods and services („e-tržby“, e-sales or EET in the Czech language) which should come into effect in the middle of 2016. If the Parliament adopts the law it will be created a new way of immediate communication between businessman and the Financial Administration of the Czech Republic...
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Value added tax control report
June 8, 2015From January 1, 2016 comes into force a new duty for taxpayers to file VAT control reports. The report does not replace the actual VAT return or recapitulative statement and is introduced as another tool to improve to detect the entities that illegally get money from public budgets...
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From 2015 can the tax payer apply for remission of penalties and interests for delay assessed by tax authorities
March 10, 2015Interest for delay and penalty which arise after the 1st of January 2015 can be partly or fully forgiven. The prerequisite is that the tax payer has been in the long term (3 years) fulfilling his or her legal obligation in the field of accounting, and in particular, towards the fiscal authority. A concrete course of actions of the fiscal authority in the approval process came into force in February 2015.
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Minimum wage rise as of Janury 1st, 2015
October 7, 2014As of the 1st Janury 2015 minimum wage will be increased from CZK 8.500 to CZK 9.200 (respectively minimal hourly wage from CZK 50,60 to CZK 55).