Czech Republic Waives VATs for Certain Medical Items

The Czech Republic recently waived value-added taxes on certain medical items to help address the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, KPMG said in a Feb. 9 post. VATs will not apply to “in-vitro diagnostic medical devices” for COVID-19 testing and vaccinations through Dec. 31, 2022. Also exempted are supplies of respirators and filtering half masks, through April 3, 2021.