Artists up in arms about plans to increase VAT on cultural events

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:24:17 +0200Artists up in arms about plans to increase VAT on cultural eventshttps://english.radio.cz/artists-arms-about-plans-increase-vat-cultural-events-8083197© 2026 Radio Prague International Many well known personalities from the world of Czech culture gathered on Tuesday to denounce government plans to increase VAT on cultural events from 5 percent to 19 percent. Among them were actresses Jirina Bohdalova and Jirina Jiraskova, actors Rudolf Hrusinsky and Tomas Topfer and the Oscar-nominated director Ondrej Trojan. The venue was provided by the culture minister, Pavel Dostal, who describes the proposed tax hike as "nonsense", and has said he will break cabinet ranks and vote against it. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/dostal_jiraskova_hrusinsky.jpg?timestamp=1590287440 Artists up in arms about plans to increase VAT on cultural events https://english.radio.cz/artists-arms-about-plans-increase-vat-cultural-events-8083197 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9