Getting Czech tax residency certificate

A Czech tax residency certificate is legal proof of a taxpayer's tax domicile, confirming that the person pays taxes in the Czech Republic. You are considered a Czech tax resident if you spend most of your time in the country, have work, a business, a rental contract, or hold a Czech permanent residency permit.

How to get a Czech tax residency certificate and proof of tax residency? 

A certificate of your Czech tax residency can help you avoid double taxation (having your income taxed twice). The application for proof of Czech tax residency should be lodged at your local tax office in the Czech Republic.
To be eligible, you must come from a country with which the Czech Republic has concluded a bilateral international double tax avoidance treaty*. Individuals and legal entities may both apply for the Czech tax residency certificate.

How to apply for a Czech tax residency certificate:

You can apply for a confirmation of your Czech tax residency in three ways:
In person at the Tax office of your residency district. 
Through your databox electronically 
Through a representative who can do it for you based on a power of attorney.
Conditions:
Your application must be written in the Czech language.
The proof of the Czech tax residency may be issued for the date of your application form or another past date. It cannot be issued for a future date.
The confirmation can also be issued for a completed or partial tax period in the past. In the second case, you must specify the start and ending date, e.g. from 1.1.2020 to 1.4.2024.
You can apply using an application form from another country if that country only accepts applications that use its own form. The original form should be provided with a Czech translation.

Information needed to prove your Czech tax residency

Information about the source of your income in the Czech Republic: e.g. employment, a business, property rental, retirement funds
Application form with with personal details: marital status, details of any children and their residence in the Czech Republic

The tax office might require proof of immigration status, which can be your biometric card for non-EU citizens or a green book or temporary residency certificate for EU citizens or confirmation of your address (rent contract, property deed)

Work contract, trade license,  income tax reports, or other proof you have binding ties to the Czech Republic, e.g. the residency permit of your spouse/child or their rent contract

Important!

The country requiring the confirmation of your Czech tax residency might require the document to be super legalized or apostilled. 

If you need an apostille or superlegalization of the tax domicile document, you should request it in advance with the tax residency certificate application, because it needs to be authorized by the Tax Office Director in a specific way to arrange for the apostille or superlegalization.

If you had been employed previously and if you never did an employee tax return for previous years, the tax office might ask you to apply for an employee tax report also. 

Issuing a tax residency certificate by law takes up to 45 days after the application. The time it takes to get a tax residency certificate depends on the documents you provide and whether you have a permanent or temporary residency permit. The more proof of your Czech residency you give to the tax office, the faster the process will be. Delays can happen if you don't provide enough documents.

The Czech tax office issues one tax residency certificate for each year.  For example, if you apply for a period of 4 years, you will get 4 Czech tax residency certificates. 

The Czech tax residency domicile certificate is issued in Czech, German, and English by the local Czech tax office. If you need it in other languages, you should arrange additional legal translations to the required language.

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List of the country with which the Czech Republic has a double tax treaty agreement
Countries with which the Czech Republic currently has double-taxation agreements:

-Albania

-Armenia

-Australia

-Austria

-Azerbaijan

-Bahrain

-Barbados

-Belarus

-Belgium

-Bosnia and Herzegovina

-Brazil

-Bulgaria

-Canada

-China

-Croatia

-Cyprus

-Denmark

-Egypt

-Estonia

-Ethiopia

-Finland

-France

-Georgia

-Germany

-Greece

-Hong Kong

-Hungary

-Iceland

-India

-Indonesia

-Ireland

-Israel

-Italy

-Japan

-Jordan

-Kazakhstan

-Korea

-Kuwait

-Latvia

-Lebanon

-Lithuania

-Luxembourg

- North Macedonia

-Malaysia

-Malta

-Mexico

-Moldova

-Mongolia

-Morocco

-Netherlands

-New Zealand

-Nigeria

-Norway

-Panama

-Philippines

-Poland

-Portugal

-Romania

-Russia

-Saudi Arabia

-Serbia

-Montenegro

-Singapore

-Slovakia

-Slovenia

-South Africa

-Spain

-Sri Lanka

-Sweden

-Switzerland

-Syria

-Tajikistan

-Thailand

-Tunisia

-Turkey

-Ukraine

-United Arab Emirates

-United Kingdom

-United States

-Uzbekistan

-Venezuela

-Vietnam

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Getting Czech tax residency certificate

How to get a Czech tax residency certificate and proof of tax residency?

How to apply for a Czech tax residency certificate:

Conditions:

Information needed to prove your Czech tax residency

Important!

Czech tax residency assistance in Prague

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