On February 18, AmCham hosted Stanislav Kouba - Ministry of Finance, Lucie Rytířová - Deloitte and Štěpán Lukeš - IBM in panel discussion about changes of taxes, social security and health insurance. Presentation from all panelists is enclosed under your company username and password.

9th Regional Tax Conference of American Chambers of Commerce from Central and Eastern Europe will be held on April 9, in Warsaw, Poland. This year’s conference "Ten years in the European Union: Impact on taxation in Central and Eastern Europe” will focus on the impact the EU membership had and is going to have on tax systems of the countries in the region.  As in prior years, the objective of the Conference is the exchange of best practices and ideas in the area of taxation between the representatives of tax administrations and business from the CEE countries. Final agenda and speakers will be announced soon.

AmCham Labor Code&Social Affairs Committee met on January 29 to discuss current news in legislation, past&upcoming plans and activities. Next event of LCSAC is Outlook of changes in taxes, social security and health insurance for 2014 - assessment and practical experience (in Czech) on February 18. The minutes of the meeting you can find attached (available under username and password). Next meeting of LCSAC will take place on March 12 at AmCham offices.

On January 30, AmCham Board Members met with TOP09 Parlamentarians to discuss Policy Priorities. AmCham intends to make every effort to align the interests of our business community with the interests of those in Parliament who want to help the Czech Republic reach its economic potential and to serve as a center of prosperity and international business in Europe and the world. We believe the first step to progress is a clear-eyed assessment of where we stand today - AmCham analysis of the World Economic Forum’s competitiveness rankings for the Czech Republic, questions addressed at the meeting and other relevant documents are attached under your company username and password.

On January 29, AmCham hosted 4 ministries to discuss about Business&Employment Immigration. Moderator Tomáš Petyovský of Deloitte with the representatives of Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports were present to inform members about highlights and answered prepared questions about this issue. Presentation of Ondřej Brychta from Ministry of Interior and questions addressed are attached under your company username and password.