Taxrates for Companies and Individuals in Czech Republic


Filing Dates / Payment Dates for Tax Returns

31.01.2010

for Property Tax payment, Property Tax Return and
Road Tax for company cars.

31.03.2010

for Corporate Tax Return and Personal Income Tax Return.

25.04.2010, 25.07.2010,
25.10. 2010, 25.01.2011

for Quarterly VAT Tax Return,
for Monthly VAT Return it is the 25. of the next month.

15.03.2010, 15.06.2010,
15.09. 2010, 15.12.2011

for Quarterly Income Tax Prepayments,
in case of high income / revenue.

s.r.o. Corporate Tax

Profit Tax
(of s.r.o's)

21% (in 2008), 20% (in 2009) and 19% (in 2010)
note: due to the economic situation, these percentages may change.

Tax loss carry forward

5 years

Witholding Tax
(dividends)

15% - to be applied after the tax on profit.

VAT

20% (was 19%) - valid from 01.01.2010 (goods and services)
10% (was 9%) - valid from 01.01.2010 (mostly foodstuffs)

VAT Refund Period

30 days - the taxoffice will refund within 30 days after filing the VAT report.
You also have the obligation to pay within 30 days.

VAT and VAT Registration in Czech Republic.


Employee / Income Tax, Social Charges and Health Insurance

Employee/Personal Income Tax

15% - this used to be higher, between 15% and 32%.

The downside is that now to the gross salary ('hruba') first social- and health charges are added (the so-called 'super hruba') and from that 15% is calculated.

Employee Social Security Charges

25% - employer's part,
6.5% - employee's part

Employee Health Insurance Charges

9% - employer's part,
4.5% - employee's part


Živnostenský List / Trade license Tax

Standard Expense Deduction

60% * - whether you make expenses or not, the remaining 40% is the basis for taxes and charges.

* for most professions, for 'manual' labor it can be up to 80%

Income Tax

15% - calculated over the remaining 60% of the total revenue.

Social Charges

29.2% - calculated over 30% of total revenue.
Minimum monthly charges 1731 CZK (was 1720 CZK in 2009)

Health Insurance

13.5% - calculated over 30% of total revenue. *
Minimum monthly charges 1601 CZK (was 1590 CZK in 2009)

* 3rd-Country Nationals without permanent residence permit pay nothing, they paid for health insurance when applying for the visa.

Cost Estimate

Please use this živnostenský list cost calculation sheet


Other Tax

Company Car Tax

To be paid in 4 parts, or at once in the beginning of the year.
Costs are between 1000 and 4000 CZK, depending on engine size.
A car used for a company must be registered for silnicní dan.
This is not the same as the highway sticker.

Company Car in s.r.o Company or Trade License

Property Tax

An owner of property will have to pay taxes, consisting of 2 parts, building tax and landtax. For both the tax is calculated according to:

the number of sqare meters (of the building or land),
multiplied by the tax rate (depending on the use of the space),
multiplied by the coefficient (depends on the city).

Rental Income Tax

There are 2 ways of calculating the taxable income:

rental income - calculated expenses and deductions, or
rental income - a standard expense deduction of 30 %

This income is subject to personal or corporate income tax.

Realestate Transfer Tax

3%, to be paid by the seller, based on an official assessment or the salesprice, whichever is higher.

Capital Gains Tax

when non-commercial property is sold (with profit) within 5 years of purchase, capital gains are subject to tax.
Capital gains are defined as purchase price - sales price.

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