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Study: New income tax system will leave lowest paid no better off

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 10:38 a.m.

In a major change to the Czech Republic’s income tax system, what’s known as the super gross wage is being abolished, with most employees set to pay a 15 percent rate from next year. However, the change will cause a sharp fall in state revenues and, suggests a new study, will be of virtually no benefit to the lowest paid.