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The editorial team of Symbol Consulting produces analysis and reporting for the region.

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Market Entry

The ECB rate has risen to 2,65 %, yet the Slovak tax office still charges 15 % a year on tax arrears. Taking apart…

October 21, 2026

Market Entry

Slovakia's corporate tax rate is not applied in profit brackets but as a single rate on the whole tax base. It is…

October 15, 2026

ESG & Compliance

Decree 184/2026 Coll. does not say which security measures have to be adopted. It says how the category applying to a given…

September 15, 2026

Industrial Real Estate

An operator of an industrial site in Slovakia received three new figures at once in July 2026: the asbestos exposure limit, the…

September 8, 2026

Nearshoring & FDI

From 1 April 2026 the forms of regional investment aid narrowed from four to three and one provider dropped out. The rest…

September 1, 2026

ESG & Compliance

The CBAM transitional period ended on 31 December 2025 and with it the regime of quarterly reports. From January 2026 an authorisation…

August 25, 2026

Industrial Real Estate

The 2022 Construction Act never entered into force and was repealed. Preparing an industrial building today runs on Building Act 25/2025 Coll.…

August 18, 2026

Nearshoring & FDI

The minimum wage is not negotiated from scratch: Act 663/2007 Coll. carries a formula with a named numerator and denominator for the…

August 11, 2026

Market Entry

The NBS forecast of June 2025 expected GDP growth of 1,2 % for 2025; the outturn was 0,8 %. Nominal wages meanwhile beat the…

August 4, 2026

Market Entry

Amending Act 272/2025 Coll. removed the sole trader from Slovakia's financial transaction tax. It did not remove the legal entity, and foreign…

July 21, 2026