The Reverse Charge and the Institute of Review Statement in Value Added Tax Act

The final thesis deals with the amendment of Act no. 235/2004 Coll., Value added tax Act, as amended, which extends the reverse charge and introduces new institute of review statement. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the new regulation in terms of its suitability and potential benefits and also in terms of its failings and disadvantages. Concurrently the thesis focuse on the evaluation of the impact of extending the reverse charge and introducing the institute of review statement on the fight against value added tax evasions, which are represented mainly by carousel frauds. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter describes the basic characteristics of value added tax as an indirect tax, based on the principle of paying the tax on output and consecutive application of the deduction, and further discusses the basic structural elements of the tax. The explanation focused on the value added tax frauds is given at the end of the firts chapter, where is detailly described the functioning of the carousel frauds with cross-border element, which are becoming more important. The second chapter deals with the reverse charge in form in which applied until 31st December 2014. There is an interpretation of transactions which falled under this special mode in terms of European..