Slovakia
Slovakia offers a 200% deduction of eligible costs from the income base, providing a net benefit of 42% on the cost of R&D. There is an additional 100% deduction that can be applied to any incremental year-on-year increase of QE, equating an additional 21% net benefit.
There is a certain lack of clarity regarding how the legislation should be interpreted, but the Finance Administration has been taking steps to help in this regard.
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200% for all QE in current year and an additional 100% of any additional QE (average of current and previous year) over and above the average of the two previous years. The net benefit equals 42%. | |
Benefit Overview
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Slovakia offers a 200% deduction of eligible costs from the income base, providing a net benefit of 21% on the cost of R&D. There is an additional 100% deduction that can be applied to any incremental year-on-year increase of QE, equating to an additional 42% benefit. |
Eligible Claim Period
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The company can look back retrospectively for one financial year and the claim must be made within three months of year-end, as an input into the tax computations (immediate relief). The company can request a ‘delay’ to submit 6 months of previous financial year (i.e. Dec Y/E – submit half at the end of March and remained end June, both directly into tax comps). |
Historical Background
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The regime, based on the Czech one, has been valid since January 2015, but with only a 25% benefit on QE. |
As of January 2018 it is possible to claim 100% of R&D costs in the year, 150% from January 2019 and 200% since January 2020, plus an additional 100% for any incremental QE over and above the average of the two previous years. | |
Ease of Application
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There are 2 main conditions:
The company applies the tax deduction in the tax declaration by filling out an annex to the tax return which contains data from the entry document and the applicable deduction. The Finance Administration publishes a list of all the companies which have applied for the R&D Tax deduction including a short description of each R&D project. The aim is to increase transparency. |
Eligible Costs | The following are the eligible costs for the regime:
If full or partial funding from public resources is received for any of the costs, this deems them ineligible. |
Issues to Consider |
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