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Tax and levy optimisation

We provide our clients with comprehensive advice on optimizing their business from the tax and tax, as well as legal and accounting aspects. We design the optimization individually so that it is defensible and takes into account all practical implications of individual business models.

Tax exodus: Why Slovak entrepreneurs are heading to the Czech Republic

In the 22nd episode of Highgate Talks, we delve into a hot topic – Slovakia vs. the Czech Republic: at a time of growing uncertainty ...

Gibraltar: How a small state became a cryptocurrency superpower

In the 21st episode of the Highgate Talks podcast, Peter Varga of Highgate Group and Peter Howitt of Ramparts discuss how Gibraltar has become a ...

Maximum parent vs. SNS parliamentary caucus vs. foreign structure for (also) tax optimization.

At first glance, completely unrelated topics. At a fourth glance, however, you will find one common denominator in their metadata. 📌 Abuse of Law Institute. ...

Dubai: Business, Taxes and Life in the UAE

In the twentieth episode of the HG Talks podcast, Peter Varga and Miloslav Makovini reveal the fascinating journey from lawyer to successful entrepreneur, helping clients ...

Financial transaction tax and Slovakia as a state governed by the rule of law

Financial transaction tax and Slovakia as a state governed by the rule of law Whatever you may think, but the Slovak Republic is a state ...
Zdaňovanie príjmov z predaja nehnuteľností

Taxation of income from the sale of immovable property

The topic of real estate sales and taxes is quite extensive and therefore Highgate deals with it comprehensively, with an emphasis on tax optimization options ...
Daňová optimalizácia cez nepeňažné vklady

Non-cash deposits – an opportunity for significant tax optimisation in terms of both income tax and VAT?

The issue of non-monetary deposits from a tax perspective is shrouded in secrecy within the professional community. As there are no full-format answers to a ...

Webinar recording: practical tips on how to legally optimize taxes when selling a crypt

Peter Varga, founder and partner of Highgate Law & Tax, the 2023 and 2024 Tax Law Firm of the Year, will guide you through: more ...
Patent Box a optimalizácia pre technologické firmy – Highgate

Patent Box and Optimization for Technology Companies – Highgate

Slovakia offers a great opportunity for IT companies and innovative businesses to reduce their tax burden. Patent Box allows companies that develop software or other ...

Setting up a Cypriot structure for tax purposes

Our eighteenth video podcast in the Highgate Talks series is the first to be filmed entirely in English. Our guest is Petros Rialas, CEO of ...
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Tax exodus: Why Slovak entrepreneurs are heading to the Czech Republic

In the 22nd episode of Highgate Talks, we delve into a hot topic – Slovakia vs. the Czech Republic: at a time of growing uncertainty ...

Gibraltar: How a small state became a cryptocurrency superpower

In the 21st episode of the Highgate Talks podcast, Peter Varga of Highgate Group and Peter Howitt of Ramparts discuss how Gibraltar has become a ...

Dubai: Business, Taxes and Life in the UAE

In the twentieth episode of the HG Talks podcast, Peter Varga and Miloslav Makovini reveal the fascinating journey from lawyer to successful entrepreneur, helping clients ...

Setting up a Cypriot structure for tax purposes

Our eighteenth video podcast in the Highgate Talks series is the first to be filmed entirely in English. Our guest is Petros Rialas, CEO of ...
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Daňová optimalizácia cez nepeňažné vklady

Non-cash deposits – an opportunity for significant tax optimisation in terms of both income tax and VAT?

The issue of non-monetary deposits from a tax perspective is shrouded in secrecy within the professional community. As there are no full-format answers to a ...

A few tips on how to survive a tax audit

How to survive a tax audit? Some tips provided by Peter Varga for The Slovak Spectator. Read the full article here: If you are interested ...
Ako legalne optimalizovat dane

How to legally optimize taxes – Peter Varga for HN

Tax benefits can be achieved by setting up efficient corporate structures such as holding companies or by managing accounting processes correctly. Peter Varga, partner at ...
Transakčná daň z bitcoinov

Bitcoin will not be affected by the transaction tax. How to tax cryptocurrencies?

Why can some actions of taxpayers aimed at avoiding scrutiny by the tax authorities be seen as fully legitimate? And how does the state approach ...

Highgate Law & Tax and its double triumph in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition

Highgate Law & Tax has once again scored an outstanding success in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition, where it has maintained its ...

Real Estate – Taxes and Financing Conference (Unique conference on fund and tax structures, crowdfunding, bonds, bank financing, etc.)

We welcomed more than 200 attendees to our largest conference to date, which focused on real estate financing through various regulatory and tax structures. We ...

Highgate Law & Tax named Tax Law Firm of the Year 2023

Highgate Law & Tax participated in the prestigious Law Firm of the Year competition, the only one of its kind in Slovakia, which is attended ...
Highgate Law & Tax: Nepriznanie odpočtu DPH môže firmu položiť. Vyjadrenie Petra Vargu pre HOSPODÁRSKE NOVINY

Highgate Law & Tax: failure to allow VAT deductions can put a business on the back foot. Peter Varga’s statement for HOSPODÁRSKE NOVINY

In practice, there are several reasons for not granting the right to deduct VAT. The standard ones are that the entity on the invoice did ...

Taxpayers unfairly do not recognize VAT deductions for companies and want the impossible from them. They also go against EU principles – Interview by Petr Varga for TREND

You can read in the interview with Peter Varga for TREND about the cases in which the tax administrator rejects the claim for VAT deduction ...

Conference on legal and tax optimization for technology companies

In November, we organized a big event at the Marriott Hotel in Bratislava business conference dealing with legal and tax issues for entrepreneurs from a ...
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Real Estate – Taxes and Financing

Both small and larger Slovak or foreign investment funds investing in real estate enjoy constant high attention among Slovaks. However, in addition to setting up ...

Tax and legal optimization for digital / IT companies (28.11. and 29.11.2022)

We advise a large number of Slovak start-ups and existing digital and IT companies in the areas of law, tax and accounting. We have a ...

Does “Dank’s 15% tax” bring new opportunities for tax optimization?

In September, 131 Members of Parliament voted in favour of a reduction in income tax for companies and individuals with a turnover of up to ...

How to be legally and tax efficient?

The advertising, digital, PR and event services business is different in a number of ways from traditional business sectors. In most cases, creative content creation ...

Tax optimization for IT companies – conference

Boundaries are blurring and distances are becoming more relative. IT business is perhaps most affected by the increasing globalisation and positive technological developments. A Slovak ...

Webinar recording: practical tips on how to legally optimize taxes when selling a crypt

Peter Varga, founder and partner of Highgate Law & Tax, the 2023 and 2024 Tax Law Firm of the Year, will guide you through: more ...

Tax changes 2025

Webinar | Summary of tax news from 2025 on VAT, income tax and financial transaction tax and how to effectively counter (optimize) the increasing taxes. ...

VAT turnover overrun – legal and tax risks – 2020

Spinning off non-DPA firms can have criminal implications Our accounting clients enjoy a 75% discount. To obtain a promo code please contact ps@highgate.sk

Tax optimization for IT companies – recording from the session of our big conference on tax optimization for IT and marketing companies – 2022

This is a recording of an 80-minute lecture from our conference on legal and tax optimization for technology companies (more info here), which we organized ...

Software contracts with customers – legal and practical pitfalls – recording from the session of our big conference on tax optimization for IT and marketing companies – 2022

This is a recording of a 55-minute lecture from our conference on legal and tax optimization for technology companies (more info here), which we organized ...

IT business abroad, holding and offshore companies, legal and tax implications – a recording from the session of our big conference on tax optimization for IT and marketing companies – 2022

This is a recording of an 80-minute lecture from our conference on legal and tax optimization for technology companies (more info here), which we organized ...

Doing business in a crypt – tax risks and what to watch out for? – recording from the session of our big conference on tax optimization for IT and marketing companies – 2022

This is a recording of a 55-minute lecture from our conference on legal and tax optimization for technology companies (more info here), which we organized ...

Foreign IT contractors (withholding taxes) and working from “Bali” (tax and levy implications) – a recording from the session of our big conference on tax optimization for IT and marketing companies – 2022

This is a recording of a 45-minute lecture from our conference on legal and tax optimization for technology companies (more info here), which we organized ...

Is it even worth having an offshore company today? Ak áno, komu a kedy? – 2020

Who else is an offshore firm worthwhile for today and what are the pitfalls? Our accounting clients get a 75% discount. Please contact ps@highgate.sk to ...

“Paying for holidays with a company card” – what about the law and taxes? – 2021

It is still a phenomenon in business practice to use company money or other assets for private purposes. Our accounting clients enjoy a 75% discount. ...
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Maximum parent vs. SNS parliamentary caucus vs. foreign structure for (also) tax optimization.

At first glance, completely unrelated topics. At a fourth glance, however, you will find one common denominator in their metadata. 📌 Abuse of Law Institute. ...

Financial transaction tax and Slovakia as a state governed by the rule of law

Financial transaction tax and Slovakia as a state governed by the rule of law Whatever you may think, but the Slovak Republic is a state ...

The taxpayer bought a villa on the Côte d’Azur for EUR 1,5 million with money borrowed and subsequently forgiven. Does he have to tax the EUR 1.5 million?

The taxpayer bought a villa on the Côte d’Azur for EUR 1,5 million with money borrowed and subsequently forgiven. Does he have to tax the ...

How to avoid financial transaction tax for companies and entrepreneurs

How to avoid the tax on financial transactions for companies and entrepreneurs After the approval of the consolidation package, many Slovaks are wondering how to ...

Podcast with Ivan Mikloš about the 2003 tax reform

Podcast with Ivan Miklos about the 2003 tax reform. A substantive debate also on the pitfalls and shortcomings of the current setup. Judge for yourself. ...

Government Consolidation Package 2024

Government’s 2024 consolidation package – two preliminary observations: 1) “employment” of sole traders/”one-person SROs” (“contractors”) The state has announced that it will fight against “employment” ...

Can I put the logo promotion as an expense?

This photo has several legal and tax implications. 👉 “Can I put logo promotion as an expense?” is probably the most well-known of these. ✅From ...

NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AS A TOOL FOR NOT PAYING TAXES

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS A TOOL FOR TAX NEGLIGENCE Some time ago, Denník N published an article dealing with the tax status of the British International ...

Last week we won Law Firm of the Year 2024

“Mrs. Wife after 3 kids pretty much killed it” (comment from a friend on the photo). …if she hadn’t “killed it”, we probably wouldn’t be ...

Employing sole traders (the shvarc system) is also about “one-person LLCs”. The difference is not only from a legal point of view

A company with an annual turnover of almost EUR 1 billion used maintenance workers as self-employed persons (i.e. not employees) to work in its premises. ...
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  • Continuous legal and tax advisory services to the most well-known foreign digital platform in Slovakia in relation to various innovative business models;
  • Continuous legal and tax advisory services for a wide range of Slovak innovative companies in connection with setting up business structure, tax optimization (use of effective tax regimes), cross-border activities, establishment of companies abroad, asset protection, etc;
  • Regular legal and tax advice to small (including “sole proprietorships”), medium-sized and larger companies in connection with adjusting their tax burden;
  • Comprehensive legal and tax advisory services to a Slovak property development group in connection with its internal reorganisation, including mergers, transfer pricing, establishment of foreign structures, etc;
  • Tax advice to a healthcare group in connection with various healthcare VAT regimes, a group reorganisation and day-to-day operational tax implications;
  • Tax and regulatory advisory services to a Slovak bank in setting up and creating a new innovative product for early payment of wages, including advising on VAT aspects of such a business model and the possibility of applying the Patent Box preferential tax regime;
  • Comprehensive tax and tax advisory services (income tax, VAT, obligations in connection with the establishment of a permanent establishment, payroll advisory services) in connection with the change of the distribution model of a global cosmetics brand;
  • Tax advice to an international payment institution on a minor reorganisation of its group.

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