Monthly Archives: January 2019

New Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic guidelines on defining the contents of transfer documentation

In its official Finančný spravodajca bulletin no. 34/2018 published in 2018, the Ministry of Finance announced new guidelines no. MF/019153/2018-724 (“Guidelines”) defining the contents of transfer documentation and which is accessible on the Ministry of Finance’s website at https://www.finance.gov.sk/sk/financie/financny-spravodajca/2018/. Like the original text of the guidelines, documentation related to transfer pricing is classified as complete,…

Institute of guarantees

The amended VAT Act proposes abolishing the institute of VAT guarantees as implemented in the VAT Act beginning in 2012. Decisions regarding the pledging of VAT guarantees issued before 31 December 2018 are to be rescinded. The Tax Office shall refund such financial guarantee or a portion thereof by 28 February 2019 under the assumption…

New definition of turnover for VAT purposes

The current definition of turnover specifically uses the terms “income” and “revenue”, which results in unequal conditions for taxpayers who operate under accrual basis accounting (double-entry bookkeeping) and cash basis accounting (single-entry bookkeeping). These terms are replaced by the phrase ”the value of delivered goods and services”, which means that turnover includes the value of…

New VAT rules when using vouchers

New VAT rules were defined for the use of vouchers due to a lack of uniformity in the application of the rules to define the place and time of delivery of specific goods and services, the establishment of the tax obligation and the definition of the tax base for transactions involving vouchers. A voucher is…

Reduction in the VAT rate for accommodation services

The amended VAT Act has reduced the VAT rate for accommodation services. The VAT rate is reduced from 20% to the current 10% rate and is applicable to all accommodation services assigned code 55 per the Statistical classification of products by activity (CPA).   The following accommodation services are involved: 55.1:  hotel and similar accommodation…

Delivery and rental of real estate

A significant change in the VAT Act is the application of a VAT scheme with respect to the delivery of projects and the rental of real estate as well as the definition of the term “initial statutory permitting”. The delivery of projects or portions thereof, including delivery of the building lot (§38 (1)) on which…

Domestic tax liability transfer in transactions involving specific commodities

The amended VAT Act modifies the rules for the application of the domestic tax liability transfer for transactions involving selected agricultural products, selected metals and metal products. The amended VAT Act valid from 1 January 2018 cancelled the €5,000 limit on the tax liability transfer to the recipient, i.e. a registered VAT taxpayer, of the…

Recreational vouchers

The amended Labour Code introduced a new obligation for employers in the form of providing recreational vouchers and recreation allowances. An employer with more than 49 employees shall be obliged to provide employees who have been employed for at least 24 consecutive months and upon their request, with a recreation allowance of 55% of eligible…

Insurance tax

A new act took effect on 1 January 2019 that introduces an insurance tax of 8% covering non-life insurance for insurance risks located in Slovakia. Compared to the original proposal, the new insurance tax will not apply to life insurance. The insurance tax is considered an indirect tax and will be paid by insurers that…

New personal and corporate income tax return forms

The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic issued an official measure defining the template personal and corporate income tax return forms for the 2018 tax year.

The current templates of the tax return forms are intended for taxpayers filing tax returns by the last day of 31 December 2018 as the final day for filing these tax returns.