Insurance tax

On 20 June 2018, the National Council of the Slovak Republic passed an Act on insurance tax effective of 1 January 2019. The new insurance tax will have a flat-rate basis of 8 % and apply to all non-life insurance products, with the exception of mandatory contractual insurance where the existing 8% payment remains in…

“eKasa” project

The Financial Administration of the Slovak Republic has prepared a project enabling an online connection of all cash registers to the “eKasa” portal run by the Financial Administration. In practice, it means that the Financial Administration will be informed about each transaction immediately after each issued receipt is registered with the central eKasa disposal site.…

Interdepartmental markup – a draft guideline that determines the rules for taxation on the income of the legal persons with significant digital presence

The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic put forward a proposal for a due provisional opinion on the draft guideline by the Council that determines the rules for taxation on the income of the legal persons with significant digital presence. The aim of the draft guideline is to ensure just and effective taxation on…

Technical appreciation and repairs made by the Lessee and non-monetary income of the Lessor from the perspective of the Slovak legislation

For the purposes of the Income Tax Act, the technical appreciation of tangible assets and intangible assets means expenditure on completed superstructures, additional structures and construction adjustments, reconstruction and upgrades, increasing the value of 1 700 EUR in total for individual tangible and intangible assets for a tax period. Since 1st January of 2015, the…