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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 […]

Representing Yadex International Gmbh

Representing Yadex International Gmbh, a German subsidiary of the well-known Turkish multi-sector group Yaşar Holding, in intellectual property matters in the Czech Republic.

Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S

Legal advice to a Danish publishing house, Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S on the procedure for the acquisition of digital rights for translations and the procedure for the acquisition of digital rights for eBooks in the Czech Republic.

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