This final thesis deals with introduction of reverse charge mechanism of value added tax. The current system of value added tax has weaknesses, including carousel fraud, negative impact on cash flow of businesses and complicated rules to collect and manage the tax. Reverse charge mechanism is considered as a solution of existing weaknesses of current system. Although this regime is able to solve the mentioned weaknesses, it also has some disadvantages. Especially, it is a negative impact on cash flow of state budget which is concretely quantified in this final thesis. Other problems of introduction of reverse charge mechanism include concentration of the whole tax with the last tax payer, issues at retail sales where tax payers and non-payers exist and minor complications in the transition to the new system. For all the negatives this thesis is trying to find solutions to eliminate or reduce them. Finally, reverse charge mechanism is compared with sales tax as reverse charge mechanism is often incorrectly equated with this type of tax.

The Master's thesis is concerned with optimizing the tax costs and tax expenditures of sole proprietor or legal entity businesses. Main objective of this thesis is to introduce the tax cost and tax expenditures, which can be optimized, as widely as possible and to analyze the most important methods of tax optimalization relevant to most business entities. To achieve this objective the thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is focused on a definition of tax, tax system of the Czech republic including more detailed descriptions of income taxes and value added tax, effects of taxation on an enterprise and reasons for tax optimalization related to it and last but not least the thin line between tax avoidance and tax evasion. The practical part introduces through verbal description and practical examples the most important methods of tax optimalization relevant to most business entities, i.e. income tax and value added tax. Finally the thesis deals with international tax planning and methods of cash flow management connected with tax administration.

The topic of this diploma thesis is to analyze the development of the VAT legislation in the Czech Republic in the years 2004 -- 2012 assessing the impact of changes in the legislation on practice. The diploma thesis is divided into four parts. The first part deals with theoretical background of the current VAT tax theory. The following part focuses on harmonization of VAT within the EU, and this part also includes insight on the Green Paper as the future of VAT setting in the EU. The third part shows the structure of the VAT before and after joining the European Union as well as the most important amendments of the Czech VAT law. The last part is devoted to practical problems associated with the changes of VAT, here is also included a review of all VAT forms. At the very end of the paper the topic of reverse charge in the construction industry is analyzed based on author's own work experience.

This diploma work focuses on value added tax in connection with accounting. Work is divided into two parts. The first one describes the development of the value added tax from the previous sales tax till the present form in the Czechoslovakian and in the Czech Republic. The work includes the proces of development of VAT in European Union as well. The second part is focused on differences which can appear between the tax base in VAT declaration and the revenues in accounting. There are described four main parts when can be higher/lower amount of tax base than the amount of revenues in accounting: time discrepancy, chargeable event which isn't the subject of VAT but is revenue, chargeable event which is the subject of VAT but isn't revenue and cases when there is different amount between the tax base and the revenue. Actual problems of reverse charge aplication for domestic transactions and the unreliable payer which follow from the proces of harmonization of VAT in EU are subscribed in these parts. There is the mention of the proces of development of VAT in Slovak republic at the end of the second part.

This diploma thesis deals with questions on value added tax of municipalities. In the first chapter is defined the term public body. The second chapter describes the most important provisions of the VAT Code, focusing on specificities of municipalities. This chapter also describes the main characteristics of the proposed solutions which are analysed in the Copenhagen Economics study. The practical part is focused on concrete examples of application of the VAT Code and analyses impact of the selected change on the tax liability of municipality.

The judicature of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Supreme Administrative Court concerning tax base is processed in this diploma thesis. The correct determination of the tax base is one of the most important areas of the value added tax. The purpose of diploma thesis is evaluating problematic areas of the tax base which the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Supreme Administrative Court discussed. The methods of qualitative analysis of judgments, synthesis knowledge and comparison of Czech and European decision-making practice were used to reach the purpose. Issues of consideration, others taxes and fees included to tax base, reinvoicing, grants, discount coupon, free of charge transactions, barter trades, determination tax base of associates and specific situation such as tips and wins are analyzed in this thesis.

The diploma thesis Real Estate Lease and Purchase Tax Aspects is focused on taxing these business transactions regarding primarily the income tax and the value added tax. The diploma thesis is divided into two main areas. In the first part, lease and purchase contracts are explained with regards to the only criteria and focus, the Civil Code. In the second part, the taxpayers' rights and obligations are analyzed regarding the tax legislation. The process of purchasing, leasing, building works and the subsequent repurchase are described as regulated by both of the regulations mentioned above. In situations where the letter of law itself is ambiguous and predicaments arise, possible resolutions are presented.

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the collection of value added tax in Slovakia since its independence in 1993. The main idea is to compare the collection of VAT at the current moment with the selection in the past, because during last couple of years there has been a significant increase in this area. The origin of the increase can be found in changes in legislation as well as introduction of new action plan which should make VAT collection more effective and clear. I will start with an overview of the tax and continue with historical evolution of the tax in the country. In fist part I will present the changes and tools, which came up recently and may stand behind the improvement. In the other part I will compare the collection of the tax in the past and nowadays. I will also evaluate the domestic values with values of other EU countries and look closer on the level of harmonization of the tax in Slovakia and the rest of European Union.

The work focuses on the issues of VAT and taxation system in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part describes the history of taxes and basic terminology. The core of the work is the second part, which is devoted to analyze the impact of various tax VAT Act amendments to the tax payers, with a focus on construction and assembly works. The goal is to solve the practical problem - the application of various amendments to the VAT Act in terms of construction and assembly work. Calculation is carried out and then compared the impact of amendments to the VAT Act on the price of construction and assembly works. Another practical example describes how the reverse charge regime translates into recognizing and completing VAT returns in a construction company.

This thesis deals with employee benefits. The first part is focused generally on employee compensation, division of benefits and their legal regulations. The main part of thesis describes employee benefits from the point of view of accounting and taxes -- contribution for meals, non-alcoholic beverages, private use of company cars, contributions to the pension and life insurance, extra holidays, education of employees and gifts for employees. In conclusion, benefits are analysed in a selected company.