VAT registration in the Czech Republic for your online store
VAT registration in the Czech Republic, returns filed in the Czech Republic and reconciliation with your accounts in Spain. Fiscal representative, EORI and EPR when needed.
In short
To sell from stock in the Czech Republic you need a VAT number in the Czech Republic and you must file your returns there. The service includes registration and tax compliance in the Czech Republic: periodic returns, EC sales lists, Intrastat and whatever its authority requires.
Standard VAT rate in the Czech Republic: 21% (reduced: 12%). The Czech Republic requires, besides the return, a control statement with the transaction detail, and penalises late filing.
When you need a VAT number in the Czech Republic
If you are in any of these situations, you need to register before the first sale:
- You hold goods in the Czech Republic: your own warehouse, a logistics provider or Amazon FBA, and sell from there to customers in that country.
- You buy in the Czech Republic and resell within the country, without the goods leaving.
- You import from outside the EU with customs clearance in the Czech Republic in your own name.
- You prefer not to use OSS for distance sales and to file in each country (unusual, but possible).
- You sell to businesses in that country with local delivery from your stock there.
VAT in the Czech Republic at a glance
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | |
|---|---|
| Standard VAT rate | 21 % |
| Reduced rates | 12 % |
| Where you register | With the Ostrava tax office, which handles foreign businesses. |
| What number you get | Czech VAT number (DIČ, with the CZ prefix) |
| What you file | Monthly VAT return (quarterly later on if you stay below the threshold) plus the control statement (kontrolní hlášení) with the transaction detail. |
| Transactions with other countries | EC sales list (souhrnné hlášení) and Intrastat above the thresholds. |
| Fiscal representative | Not mandatory: you register directly. |
| Packaging and EPR | Packaging through the authorised EKO-KOM scheme. Ask us about your case. |
Data as of September 2026. Rates and deadlines are confirmed for your case before anything is filed.
What's included
VAT registration in the Czech Republic
With the Ostrava tax office, which handles foreign businesses. File preparation, submission and follow-up until you have the number.
Returns on time
Monthly VAT return (quarterly later on if you stay below the threshold) plus the control statement (kontrolní hlášení) with the transaction detail. Filed on time, with the amount notified before each payment.
Transfers from Spain
Goods leaving Spain are declared here (Form 349 and ROI) and there as an intra-EU acquisition. Both sides, reconciled.
Fiscal representative and EORI
Not mandatory: you register directly. If you import, also the EORI and Intrastat.
Packaging and EPR
Packaging through the authorised EKO-KOM scheme. Ask us about your case. More about EPR.
Tax demands and regularisations
If letters arrive from the authority in the Czech Republic, they are handled in its language. If you have been selling for a while without registering, the late returns are filed.
How we start
You write to us or book a call
What you sell, how your stock gets in the Czech Republic and which channels you sell through there.
Registration
VAT registration in the Czech Republic and, where applicable, fiscal representative, EORI and EPR registrations.
Compliance
Every return on time, reconciled with your accounts in Spain, and a heads-up on whatever is needed.
Other countries with VAT registration
How VAT registration in another country works · OSS and IOSS
Frequently asked questions
What is the Czech control statement?
The kontrolní hlášení accompanies the VAT return with the transaction detail. It has its own calendar and late filing is penalised separately.
When do I need Czech VAT?
When you hold goods in the Czech Republic and sell from there, for example with Amazon in Central Europe.
Can I declare sales from my stock in the Czech Republic through OSS?
Not if the customer is in that same country: it is a domestic sale and is declared there with the local VAT number.
I've been selling in the Czech Republic for a while without a VAT number. What do I do?
Regularise it as soon as possible: the registration, the late returns and the replies to tax demands are filed. The longer you wait, the higher the surcharges; and marketplaces end up pulling your stock.
Do you also keep the accounts in Spain?
Yes. Your store's accounting and taxes in Spain and the tax compliance in the Czech Republic go through the same point of contact, so what is declared in both countries reconciles.
Tell us about your store
Book a 15-minute call or write to us. We'll tell you what you need: VAT registration in whichever country, OSS and IOSS, EPR, US sales tax or your store's accounting. No obligation.