M40 - Accounting and Auditing: GeneralReturn

The application of the super-deduction of a tax as a support R&D in tax entities is primarily conditional on an assessment of whether the activity is in fact research and development. The aim of the paper is to analyse the structure of entities applying the super-calculation of research and development costs in the Slovak Republic in the period from 2015 to 2018 as well after the increase in the super-calculation rates in 2019. In the paper we mostly use quantitative statistical analysis. The rate of Slovak entities application of super-deduction in the individual years examined is low, despite a gradual increase in rates up to 150% (plus 100% year-on-year growth) in 2019. The assumption that the number of companies applying super-deduction would increase even with the increasing number of employees of the company has not been confirmed. During the period considered, companies with 10 to 50 employees applied 344 times, which was the cumulative maximum for the entire period considered. This category also prevailed in the individual monitored years. The sectoral structure of the companies is diverse, with the information technology sector predominating, followed by the engineering and electrical engineering sectors.

The aim of the article is to evaluate the perception of the accountant profession in the Czech Republic by students of full-time and combined study at the School of Business Administration in Karviná. In order to achieve the objective of the article, a questionnaire survey was used. On the basis of the acquired nominal data, the perceptions of the accountant profession were examined using Pearson's chi-quadrate test and the Pearson´s coefficient of contingency. It can be concluded from the results that the perception of entrepreneurial risk associated with choosing a professional accountant does not depend on the form and field of university studies. On the other hand, the form of university studies influences the perception of whether the level of qualifications of professional accountants is reflected in their salary assessment and whether, due to the economic decline of previous years, the importance of professional accountants for entrepreneurs has increased. It was also found that the perceptions of the accountant profession in the Czech Republic are not dependent on the level of university studies. The results also show that the perception of the impact of the economic downturn over the past years on increasing the importance of professional accountants for entrepreneurs is not dependent on the field of study. The results also showed that the perceptions of accountants in the Czech Republic depend on employment.