Reporting obligation of exempt income received by individuals in the Czech Republic | News Flash

 

Did you receive any income higher than CZK 5 million, which is exempt from personal income tax in 2016? In that case you should be aware of the reporting obligation, which has arisen to you towards the tax authority.

All individual taxpayers are required to report every income higher than 5 000 000 CZK, which is exempt from personal income tax to the Czech tax authorities.

The deadline for reporting is the same as the deadline for filing of personal income tax return (i.e. 3 April 2017 or 3 July 2017 in case of filing the tax return by a certified Czech tax advisor). The obligation to report exempt income occurred even in case that you are not obliged to file personal income tax return!

What types of income should be reported?

The obligation applies on any income, which is not included in the personal income tax return due to its exemption from tax, based on the provisions of the Income Tax Act, if the information on the income is not available from the publicly accessible sources. 

These could be for example:

• Income from sale of real estate
• Income from sale of movable property
• Received insurance compensation
• Income from sale of securities
• Income from heritage
• Winning from lotteries and betting

It is necessary to report every single income exceeding the limit of CZK 5 million.

What information should be reported?

Following information should be stated in the declaration:

• Amount of income received
• Description of the circumstances under which the income was received
• Date when the income arose

The reporting can be done through a recommended form or in some other way. 

Penalties

In case of failure to comply with reporting obligation in the stated deadline you can be penalized up to amount of:

• 0.1% of the amount of unannounced income, if the obligation is fulfilled additionally without an appeal of the tax authorities;
• 10% of the amount of unannounced income, if the obligation is fulfilled additionally based on an appeal of the tax authorities;
• 15% of the amount of unannounced income, if the obligation is not fulfilled at all.

Considering the circumstances the penalty can be partially or fully waived by the tax authorities.

 

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