There is no VAT registration threshold, and these entities cannot register voluntary. The foreign entity must submit an application for registration as a VAT payer within 15 days after they made the taxable supply – they become a VAT payer in the Czech Republic automatically – even without VAT registration.
A person who has a registered seat, place of business, or establishment in the Czech Republic is obliged to register for VAT if its turnover exceeds CZK 1 million in 12 consecutive calendar months. The Czech Ministry of Finance wants to change this VAT exemption to small businesses and increase the limits to CZK 2 million.
Even if the threshold is not exceeded, Czech and foreign entities can choose voluntary VAT registration in the Czech Republic.
There are also cases where the foreign entities do not need the VAT registration. E. g. in the situation where they use the VAT simplification.
The process of Czech VAT registration usually takes one or two months, depending of the quality of documentation provided to the tax office within the registration procedure. The tax office must understand the reasons for registration. The tax office then allocates a VAT Number (DIČ), which serves to identify payments from the payer. The validity of a VAT number issued by any EU Member State can be validated on the website of the European Commission. This number is automatically allocated to obligatory VAT payers. VAT payers pay the tax every month and they submit VAT return and VAT control statement in the same period. The tax is always due payable by the 25th day after the end of the taxation period. The VAT registered persons are obliged to issue tax invoices accroding to the Czech VAT rules.
Czech VAT rates are as follows:
(the VAT rates should change as of 1.1.2024)
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