Czech Republic is located in Central Europe and has a territory of 64,589 square kilometers. Czech Republic borders Poland, Germany, Austria and Slovakia.Czech Republic has a population of 10.6 million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - 19%
- Dividend withholding tax - 0%, if dividends are paid to legal entities incorporated in the EU, otherwise the standard tax rate - 15%
- Interest withholding tax - 0%, if interest is paid to legal entities incorporated in the EU, otherwise the standard tax rate - 15%
- Royalties withholding tax - 0%, if royalties are paid to legal entities incorporated in the EU, otherwise the standard tax rate - 15%
- Capital gains tax - 0%, if shares in Czech companies are sold by their parent companies that are incorporated in the EU, otherwise the standard tax rate - 19%
- VAT - Standard tax rate 21% or a reduced rate from 0% up to 15%
- Personal income tax - 15%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Czech Republic as:
- Limited liability company (Společnost s ručením omezeným - s.r.o.)
- Společnost s ručením omezeným - s.r.o.
- General partnership (Veřejná obchodní společnost - v.o.s.)
- Limited partnership (Komanditní společnost – k.s.)
- Cooperative society (Družstvo)
- Branch office (Pobočka).
Official currency of Czech Republic is Czech koruna (CZK).
Czech Republic's GDP in 2017-2018 grew by 3,5% and amounted to USD 372.6 billion.
Czech Republic has a developed export focused economy that is based on service sector, industrial manufacturing and innovations. Industrial sector's share is 37,5%, whereas service sector's is 60%, and agricultural sector's is just 2,5%. Primary industrial sectors are high-tech manufacturing and engineering, electronic equipment production, car industry and machinery, production of steel, defense industry, chemical industry and pharmaceutical industry.