Development of Tax Stimulation and Business Environment in Slovakia

¹ University of Economics, Faculty of Business Management, Department of Corporate Finance, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia
² Slovenská sporiteľňa, a. s., Tomášikova 48, 832 37 Bratislava, Slovakia

^* Corresponding author: ivona.durinova@euba.sk

Abstract

Tax incentives are specific and targeted tax instruments in the economic and social policy of the state. With appropriate tools, the state can support the creation of new jobs and also the sustainability of human resources in existing companies. The article deals with the issue of stimulation of companies in Slovakia and the suitability of the applied incentives in connection with the business environment. The aim of the paper is to approach and analyze the impact of tax incentives applied in the Slovak Republic and evaluate them based on their impact on business entities, respectively business environment. The analysis of the overall development of provided tax incentives in the Slovak Republic is focused on the period from 2002 to 2018. The paper uses the method of analysis and synthesis together with the methods of tabular and graphical representation. Mathematical and statistical methods are used in individual calculations. On the one hand, it can be stated that tax incentives are important, even necessary, for countries, given the inflow of foreign capital, but on the other hand, domestic businesses are disadvantaged by which foreign investors disrupt the domestic business environment.