The minimum wage increases from €480 to €520 effective 1 January 2019. The defined €520 minimum wage is a gross monthly minimum wage. After deducting 19% for income tax and statutory deductions for health insurance and to Social Insurance, the net monthly salary is approximately €430.
The amended Income Tax Act approved by the MPs in the Slovak Parliament will increase, specifically double, the tax bonus for children up to the age of 6 as of April 2019. The tax bonus represents a tax benefit provided to taxpayers with dependent children living with the taxpayer in the same household in the…
On 24 September 2018, the French Government presented the Finance Bill draft for the year 2019. This draft will be discussed by the French Parliament over the next few weeks and may be subject to changes; the final version will be enacted before end of year, 2018. Interest deduction limitation rules Article 13 of the…
The new EU directive known as ATAD (Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive) ensures that tax is paid where profits and values are generated. It lays down binding measures that the Slovak Republic must implement in order to prevent aggressive tax planning. In addition, the aim of this Directive is to facilitate the exchange of information between Financial…
The European Anti Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) was issued in 2016. It tackles some of the Action Points which were included in the OECD’s BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Action Plan. Generally, Member States shall implement the ATAD until 01 January 2019. A further development is ATAD II, which was issued in 2017 and…
In recent years (perhaps decades), tax law as a specific, and it must be added fiscally very important, part of public law, has been experiencing strong legislative pressure from the outside. This is mainly at the initiative of EU or OECD institutions, whose efforts are determining the direction of tax systems not only in the…
We would like to let you know about the consequences of the recent amendment of Act No. 530/2003 on the Commercial Register and on amendment of certain acts entering into force on 1 November 2018 which requires the following be entered into the Commercial Register (i) the identification details of the beneficial owner of a legal entity, which…
Sme radi, že i vďaka nám sa hendikepované deti sa mohli naučiť nové zručnosti na workšopoch ako latinoamerické zumba tance, maľovanie na tvár, ozdobovanie sádrových odliatkov, enkaustiku – maľovanie horúcim voskom na papier, pedig – prútikárstvo, streľbu z kuše a luku, razenie mincí, výrobu šperkov z kovu a doplnkov z kože.
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…
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.…