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10 facts about taxation in Slovakia | Infographic

March 4, 2024
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Slovak

Planning to start a business in Slovakia? Discover the 10 key facts about the Slovak tax system that are crucial for any entity – new or already established. For a more complex overview, we recommend to take a look on our Tax guideline for 2024.

CIT
21% is the standard corporate income tax rate

15% is the reduced corporate income tax rate for taxpayers with taxable income not exceeding EUR 60,000 per tax period

Special CIT
Special levy for regulated industries

Special bank levy

Tax on insurance

WITHHOLDING TAX RATE
19% – Levied on income from participation certificates, certain debentures, vouchers and investment coupons; and interest from bank deposits and current accounts in general.

10% – Applies to dividends paid out from profits reported for the tax periods beginning no earlier than January 1, 2024 by domestic companies to individual shareholders. 

7% – Applies to dividends from profits derived between years 2017 – 2023

TAX LOSSES

Tax losses derived before 2014 cannot be carried-forward anymore

4 years – Carry-forward period of losses derived after 1.1.2014

5 years – Carry-forward period of losses derived after 1.1.2020

STANDARD VAT

20%

REDUCED VAT

0% – On the export of goods and services, and intra-community supplies of goods under some conditions

5% – On rental housing

10% – On limited goods and services.

REAL ESTATE TAX

0.25% of the value – General land tax 

EUR 0.033/m2 – Tax on building and apartment 

These rates may be modified according to local conditions

PIT

19% – 25% is the standard rate 

Income from business: 19% – 25% for taxpayers with taxable income exceeding EUR 60,000 per tax period 

 15% is the tax rate in other cases

SOCIAL SECURITY AND HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS – EMPLOYEE

13.4%

SOCIAL SECURITY AND HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS – EMPLOYER

35.2%

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