Financial transaction tax from 1.4.2025

As of 1 January 2025, a new Act No. 279/2024 Coll. on Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) entered into force in Slovakia.

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Stanislav Breznicky- ETL EAST copy

Stanislav Breznický

Senior Accountant Advisory

ETL EAST

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Transaction tax

Transaction tax brings significant changes that will affect the financial operations of individuals – entrepreneurs and legal entities.  To help you prepare for these changes in advance, here is an overview of the most important information.

What is a financial transaction tax?

The FTT is a new tax that will apply to the most financial transactions carried out by businesses and selected legal entities .

According to the law, this tax applies to payments provided by payment service providers (such as Banks) on behalf of the taxpayer. The main taxable transactions include: 

Exemptions from this tax include:

Who will pay the FTT?

 The following are considered tax payers

 Payment service providers will be consideredas tax payers and will automatically collect the tax on taxable transactions

What are the tax rates?

According to the law, two rates of FTT will be applied

For each bank card used at least once in the tax year, a flat-rate tax of €2 per year will be applied 

How to be ready for the new tax?

Review your financial operations – analyse what transactions you do most often and what is their impact to your business.

Reduce your business accounts – consider merging some accounts to minimise the number of taxable transactions .

Consulting with professionals  – contact our accounting team for a detailed analysis and strategy

Important deadlines and administrative obligations

Conclusion

The introduction of the FTT represents a significant legislative change that requires strong preparation. We recommend that businesses should carefully analyse their financial operations and minimise the costs associated with the new tax.

Our accounting team is ready to assist you in understanding the new rules and implement them into your business

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