The September manufacturing PMI declined further to 53.4, hitting the lowest level in the past two years. Still, this is in line with expectations that Czech industry growth will slow down towards 3% this year

According to a recent IMF working paper on tax avoidance, called International Corporate Tax Avoidance: A Review of the Channels, Magnitudes, and Blind Spots, a 1 percentage point larger tax rate differential reduces reported pre-tax profits of an affiliate by 1 percent. The authors believe that this estimate is larger than the consensus so far and the semi-elasticity has increased over time; a value of around 1.5 applies to the most recent years.

The Regional Court in Hradec Králové ruled in favour of the plaintiff (ENERGO CHOCEŇ, s.r.o.), revoking the contested ruling and referring the matter back to the Appellate Financial Directorate for further proceedings, Deloitte writes.

Indirect taxation is still evolving, and an arguable simple tax is growing in its complexity and application as a traditional goods and services model is replaced with digital content; virtual consumption and seamless international trade flows. But how can you stay ahead?