Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

This section details initiatives to make government a competitive advantage. It includes analysis and reports of government initiatives, as well as data on accountability and performance measures.

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16th November 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Legal Update - November 2021

News in legislation Amendment to the Energy Act from 1 January 2022 The government has extended the Antivirus A programme until the end of the year
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11th November 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Additional utilisation of suspended depreciation for tax purposes dismissed by the Regional Court

In general, the Income Taxes Act provides taxpayers with an option to suspend tax depreciation of assets or not to utilise it at all. Thus, the utilisation of tax depreciation in the tax base is an alternative, not an obligation for the taxpayer, abstracting from special ways of asset depreciation or special taxpayer treatments, e.g. in the case of investment incentive recipients.
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8th November 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Beware of high penalties when posting workers abroad

Although the European and Czech regulation of special rights of employees posted abroad is quite old, many employers are unaware of its existence or choose to ignore it arguing that no one will find out. With such ignorance, they are risking heavy fines, as the inspection authorities carry out systematic checks in this area. A case in point may be the EUR 54,000 fine faced by a Slovak company posting its workers to Austria.
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic