Competitiveness

This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.

Spotlight issue

5th August 2020 / Competitiveness / Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism


The Czechs have exchanged distance summer destinations for stays in neighboring states, but they did not give up the Adriatic sea

In the first two weeks of July, 13% less T-Mobile SIM cards abroad than last year Tunisia, Egypt, Serbia - a drop of almost 100% More tourists went to Slovakia and Poland
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5th August 2020 / Competitiveness / Health Care


Will COVID-19 vaccines ‘save the world’?

Innovators are sprinting to develop inoculations against the novel coronavirus. Here, we summarize the latest information on research timelines and the potential impact of a vaccine on the pandemic—and society.
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5th August 2020 / Competitiveness / Tax & Finance


Pitfalls of managing transfer prices by means of marketing services

The Municipal Court in Prague confirmed the tax administrator’s approach reclassifying marketing services contracted and provided to abroad to ‘consideration received from a third party’. In the court’s opinion, the services were rendered directly to the Czech recipients of the goods. The consideration received from abroad shall thus enter into the tax base of local sales of the goods, and shall be subject to Czech VAT.
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic