Impact of increase in VAT rates on households in the Czech Republic from 2007 to 2012

Increase in the Value added tax rates in the Czech Republic from 2007 to 2012 evokes discussion about the tax impact on the tax burden of households. Nowadays, it is possible to quantify the real tax impact on households thanks to data from The Expenditures and Consumption of households included in Household Budget Survey. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to analyse the tax burden of households in the Czech Republic in the period of time from 2007 to 2012. The thesis is focused on the progress of the tax burden of households by status of head of household and the comparison between the households and tax burden of chosen consumption. The results confirm the increase in the tax burden of households in the Czech Republic from 2007 to 2012 and the dependency of the tax burden of these households on the method of quantification