Czech MPs Approve Tax Hike On Alcohol And Tobacco

Source from:  Expats.cz 11/08/2019

Prague, Nov 6 (CTK) – The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, passed the parental benefit rise by 80,000 crowns to 300,000 as of January tonight after it unexpectedly returned to the approval of the government tax package.

Earlier today, the MPs passed a rise in the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products and on gambling as well as the taxation of a part of the insurance companies’ financial reserves. Additionally, the fee for the entry in a land register will rise from 1000 to 2000 crowns.

The Senate, the upper house, is now to deal with the bills and then President Milos Zeman is to sign them into laws.

The centre-right opposition supported the higher parental benefit, but did not push through its proposal that the group of families entitled to a higher parental benefit should be enlarged.  Enditem