Regions want change to “discriminatory” tax revenue distribution

Five Czech regions have approved a legislative initiative to bring more money into their budgets, Czech Television reported on Sunday. They say the system for distributing tax revenues should be changed on the grounds that the state and local governments currently divide them in a discriminatory manner.

The governors are preparing their own proposals for changes, which they intend to submit to the lower house. The Ministry of Finance is opposed to the plan, under which the state could lose about CZK 12 billion.

The Pardubice Region launched its own initiative of this type in 2021 but MPs did not debate the matter.