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Taxes - Accounting

Tax rates | Accounting rules

Tax rates

Consumption taxes

Nature of the tax
Value added tax (VAT)
Tax rate
19%
Reduced tax rate
9% (food, books, special healthcare products)
Other consumption taxes
Excise taxes are also perceived (on tobaccos, oil productions, beer, wines and liqueurs), applied according to the type and the quantities of products. They are payable under 10 days after announcement of Customs.
Energy tax on supplies of electricity, natural and other gases, and solid fuels with effect from 1 January 2008.

 

More detailed information on excise duties is available on the European Commission website.

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Corporate taxes

Tax rate

Corporate tax  for tax periods starting in 2009 and 20%
Corporate tax for tax periods starting in 2010 and afterwards 19%
 Income from investment and pension funds Reduced rate of 5%
Tax rate for foreign companies
All Czech tax residents are subject to these taxes on their worldwide income and capital gains, while Czech tax nonresidents are taxed only on their income from Czech sources.
The tax residency of a legal entity is its seat or place of effective management in the Czech Republic.
Capital gains taxation
Capital gains are taxed at the normal corporate income tax rate.
Main allowable deductions and tax credit
Tax deductible costs. Similar to that in other countries (if incurred in order to generate, assure and maintain the taxable income - tax depreciation on assets, purchased material and services, wages, salaries and social security and health contributions).

 

Tax deductible items: charitable donations, research and development costs allowance, acumulated tax losses carried forward from previous year, tax relief.

Other corporate taxes
withholding taxes
value added tax
real property tax
real estate tax

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Individual taxes

Tax rate

Personal Income Tax 15%
Allowable deductions and tax credit
Employee's contribution to an old-age pension, a taxpayer's annual exemption, exemptions for non-working wife, disability allowance, high school / university students, contributions to the public benefit, to 10% of the tax, interest on mortgages , ...
Special expatriate tax regime
Taxable income includes earnings from dependent activities including benefits in-kind (e.g. housing
allowances, use of a company car for private purposes, etc.), income from business activities, and income from capital, leasing and other sources.

 

 

For more information please check the tax report of Czech Invest.

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Double taxation treaties

Countries with whom a double taxation treaty have been signed
List of Treaties on Income and on Capital
Withholding taxes
Dividends: 0/15%, Interest: 0/15%, Royalties: 15%
Bilateral agreement


We can indicate you which local taxes are applied to your product.

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Sources of fiscal information

Tax Authorities
Czech Tax Administration
Other domestic resources
f">Czech Invest - report of the Czech tax system
Taxation information on Czech.cz, the Official Website of Czech Republic

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Accounting rules

Tax year
The Amendment to Law on Accountancy allows taxpayers to keep accounts in another fiscal period than the calendar year. The fiscal tax year must have 12 consecutive months.
Accounting standards
The Czech accounting system is based on double-entry bookkeeping and is largely consistent with the systems of other European countries with certain minor difference regarding, for example, financial leasing or depreciation of fixed assets. Czech accounting rules are determined by the Ministry of Finance. They come from the National Accounting Standards. Czech Republic tries to get accounting rules in accordance with IAS, IFRS.
Accounting regulation bodies
Ministry of Finance
Accounting reports
Companies have to establish a balance sheet, a profit and loss account and annexes. Those accounts must be published in Czech, in CZK. More, companies obliged to have an audit must prepare the statement of cash flows and the statement of changes in equity. Corporations limited and societes listed on Stock Exchange have to the management report.
Publication requirements
The balance sheet and the profit and loss account must be prepared in accordance with the model which is on your disposal in the annexe of the Act. on Accounting.

 

Tax payers must file tax returns within three months following the end of the tax period. Czech legal entities that are required to prepare audited financial statements must file their tax returns within six months following the end of the taxable period.

Professional accountancy bodies
Union of Accountants
Chamber of Certified Accountants
Certification and auditing
Chamber of Auditors of the Czech Republic
Accounting news
Union of Accountants (in Czech)
Ministry of Interior, coll. of codes (in Czech)

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