“Tax audit radar” available on Tax Authority webpages
The places and dates for planned tax audits affecting a specific circle of taxpayers (defined by their type of business activity or geographical area of operation) are now published weekly, from March 2017, on the webpages of the Hungarian Tax Authority.
Ukraine joined FATCA
On 7 February 2017, Ukraine and the USA signed an intergovernmental agreement by which Ukraine joined the USA Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which is aimed at improving the performance of tax rules and prescribes tax information exchange.
Reintroduction of withholding tax for dividends
Dividends paid to individuals from the profit reported for the periods starting as of 1 January 2017, will be subject to a withholding tax of 7%, which can be reduced under a double tax treaty.Payment of dividends to a legal entity established in a country having a double tax treaty with Slovakia will further remain […]
New taxation rules for micro-enterprises
Income of micro-enterprises up to EUR 500 thousand per year (threshold increased from the previous EUR 100 thousand) shall be taxed by 3% if the micro-enterprise has no employees or 1% for micro-enterprises with one or more employees.
New corporate income tax rates in Poland
There are new CIT rates, reduced from 19% to 15%, for small-size companies, i.e., whose revenue for the preceding year did not exceed EUR 1.2 million, and for companies opening their businesses. However, the opportunity to apply the decreased rate will be limited for entities created in a restructuring process. It cannot be used by […]
Changes in export of human medicines in Slovakia
From 1 January 2017, a particular medicine can be exported outside Slovakia only by its holder of marketing authorization, its manufacturer and/or an explicitly empowered wholesale distributor. The Slovak State Institute for Drug Control cannot prohibit the export of medicines.
Obligatory system for emergency ordering of medicines
Each holder of the marketing authorization of medicines fully or partially reimbursed from Slovak public health insurance (categorized medicines) has to have established, and operate, a special electronic system for the emergency ordering of such medicines from 1 April 2017. Ordered medicines must be delivered by a holder of marketing authorization in 24 hours, and […]
7th Annual Conference on news in Public Procurement organized by the Czech Public Procurement Association
Luděk Trykar, leader of Public Procurement at PETERKA PARTNERS attended 7th Annual Conference on news in Public Procurement organized by the Czech Public Procurement Association in Prague.
Changes in Polish Public Procurement law
Martin Murad, Partner at PETERKA & PARTNERS had a presentation on the changes in Polish Public Procurement law in Ostrava in October 2016.
Legal services to FC Viktoria Plzeň, a.s., a leading Czech football club.
Legal services to FC Viktoria Plzeň, a.s., a leading Czech football club, including advice on trademark infringement, assistance in negotiating a new agreement with Puma for supplies of sportswear, and advice on intellectual property.