Czech Tax Portal Hit by Cyberattack, Filing Deadline Postponed

Hackers attacked the website of the Czech financial administration: therefore, the tax return can be submitted later without sanctions

A hacker attack made the Tax Portal and other financial management web services unavailable. Monday, July 1, was the last day to file an income tax return through a tax advisor, but the department said filers will only face penalties on Tuesday, July 9.

According to the IRS, services are temporarily unavailable due to a massive DDoS attack. In this case, computers controlled by hackers disable the hacked server by overloading it with many calls or requests.

“As a reminder, the law is mindful of these situations, and tax returns can be filed without late penalties until Tuesday, July 9, 2024,” the IRS said in a statement.

The deadline to file taxes in person and electronically was passed in the spring, and today’s time limit applies to filing through a tax preparer. Individuals and companies filing returns have a final day to settle their taxes, and the IRS only considers them paid once they deposit the money into their accounts.

According to the Tax Administration, by June 23, 2.76 million people and companies had filed tax returns in the Czech Republic. This represented 98% of the expected total number of tax returns. Last year, the IRS received a record 2.89 million returns.

Individuals filed the most declarations (2.29 million). Companies sent about 467,000. For the second year, the majority of declarations have already been submitted electronically (71.7%). Last year, electronic returns accounted for two-thirds of all returns filed.

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https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/domaci/dane-financni-sprava-web-hackersky-utok.A240701_134604_ekonomika_ven