Course detail
Accounting and Taxes
FP-BATEAcad. year: 2019/2020
The subject deals with the fundamentals of the Czech accounting legal regulation and with the tax system of the Czech Republic. As to the Czech tax system, the attention is focused primarily on the direct taxes; students will become acquainted also with the basic principles and rules of the procedural aspects of tax administration.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
During the seminars, the students present the results of the assigned tasks (assigned regularly in the previous week).
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1. Active participation in seminars; presentations of the tasks assigned in previous week.
2. Passing the credit test (max. 30 points; at least 50 % of the total number of points shall be reached to pass the credit test; the credit test is focuned on short model examples).
Exam
The exam is focused on verifying the knowledge gained. The exam takes the form of a test - 30 questions with the offer of 3 possible answers (only one answer is correct). Min. 50 % of the total possible points is a condition to successfully pass the exam. The test takes 30 minutes.
Scoring the answers in the exam test:
- correct answer: + 1 point
- not answered: 0 points
- wrong answer: - 1 point
Final classification
The examination is classified according to ECTS. The final classification of the subject is influenced by the work during the semester (see below).
Share in the final evaluation:
- Credit tests (50%);
- Exam test (50%).
Course curriculum
2. Accounting in the Czech Republic – classification of Czech accounting entities, Czech annual financial statements
3. Accounting in the Czech Republic – selected fundamental economic transactions and their impact on the trading result, setting the trading result, penalties for incorrect bookkeeping
4. Tax system of the Czech Republic – definition, determinants, tax system of the Czech Republic, taxes in the organizational lifecycle of business entity
5. Tax system of the Czech Republic – procedural legal regulation, duties to register
6. Personal Income Tax – subject, exemptions, partial tax bases
7. Personal Income Tax – means of tax optimization, calculation of tax liability, duties related to personal income tax, tax return, duties of the business entity in the position of the employer
8. Road Tax – elements of the tax, tax return, duties related to road tax
9. Corporate Income Tax – tax-payers, subject, exemptions, calculation of the tax base
10. Corporate Income Tax – tax rate, possibilities of tax optimization, tax return
11. Tax on Immovable Property and Tax on Acquisition of Immovable Property – elements of these taxes, tax return, fundamental duties related to these taxes
12. Value Added Tax – principles of the VAT, pros and cons of being a VAT payer, duties related to VAT
13. Case study – taxes in the organizational lifecycle of a business entity
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
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Syllabus
2. Accounting in the Czech Republic – classification of Czech accounting entities, Czech annual financial statements
3. Accounting in the Czech Republic – selected fundamental economic transactions and their impact on the trading result, setting the trading result, penalties for incorrect bookkeeping
4. Tax system of the Czech Republic – definition, determinants, tax system of the Czech Republic, taxes in the organizational lifecycle of business entity
5. Tax system of the Czech Republic – procedural legal regulation, duties to register
6. Personal Income Tax – subject, exemptions, partial tax bases
7. Personal Income Tax – means of tax optimization, calculation of tax liability, duties related to personal income tax, tax return, duties of the business entity in the position of the employer
8. Road Tax – elements of the tax, tax return, duties related to road tax
9. Corporate Income Tax – tax-payers, subject, exemptions, calculation of the tax base
10. Corporate Income Tax – tax rate, possibilities of tax optimization, tax return
11. Tax on Immovable Property and Tax on Acquisition of Immovable Property – elements of these taxes, tax return, fundamental duties related to these taxes
12. Value Added Tax – principles of the VAT, pros and cons of being a VAT payer, duties related to VAT
13. Case study – taxes in the organizational lifecycle of a business entity
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Elearning