Archives for 2017

AMENDMENT TO THE VAT ACT On 1 July 2017, the long-awaited amendment to the VAT Act will come into effect. The government presented this draft amendment to deputies for discussion as early as July 2016. Below are some changes the amendment will introduce. Unproven shortage The current VAT Act does not provide for a VAT regime […]

Take care not to commit an offence! Two new laws governing administrative criminal law were included in the Collection of Laws in 2016: Act No. 250/2016 Coll., on Liability for Offences and Offence Proceedings (“ZOdpP”), and Act No. 251/2016 Coll., on Certain Offences (“ZNP”). The existing Offence Act No. 200/1990 Coll. ceases to be in […]

Tax Surprises 2017 2016 was characterized by the introduction of control statements and the first phase of the electronic registration of sales. Elections to the Chamber of Deputies will be held in 2017. Despite – or perhaps because of – this fact, we must prepare for a further tightening of tax regulations. Although worldwide, most countries […]

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS NEWS Late last year and early this year saw the adoption of  amendments to various legal regulations closely related to employment law and its associated relationships. Some of the amendments govern the obligations of corporations towards employees and state authorities. Some such points from recent months’ news are described below. In closing, we […]

Ministry of Finance Discussion Paper on the Implementation of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164 laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market (Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, ATAD) was adopted in July 2016. The Directive should be implemented by 31 December 2018, with the exception of […]

WTS Alfery’s excellent ranking in “The Legal 500” WTS Alfery has achieved an excellent ranking amongst tax law firms. Over the past 14 years our firm has ranked in the 3rd section, alongside major multinational firms, which is, without doubt, a great result. This year, WTS Alfery has been ranked in the 2nd section of the […]

AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL CODE Although Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code (hereinafter the “NCC”) came into effect only 3 years ago, it has already required several substantial amendments. Many of them have been published in the Collection of Deeds, some of them have come into effect and some will come into effect in […]