OVERVIEW: Which new laws and rules go into effect in Czechia in 2025?

Monthly social insurance payments for the self-employed will rise to CZK 4,759 monthly, health insurance to CZK 3,143 in 2025.
Flat-tax rate for self-employed will increase to CZK 8,716 monthly in 2025.
Fixed-term job contracts limited to three years, with a maximum of two renewals.
Maternity/parental leave replacement contracts can be renewed for up to nine years.
Employees on a DPP (dohoda o provedení práce) contract must pay insurance if monthly earnings exceed CZK 17,500 across jobs.
All self-employed and company turnover will be calculated by calendar year, not previous 12 months.
Entrepreneurs with turnover above CZK 2 million become VAT payers from Jan. 1 of the next year.
VAT deduction claims can be made within two years of the claim's calendar year-end.
Five-year VAT exemption on real estate sales will be removed.

Same-sex couples can register partnerships at any Registry Office, with flexible time and place options.
Those in a civil partnership can share a surname or keep their own, easing legal/identity matters.
One partner can adopt the other's biological child, granting both parental recognition.
Same-sex couples gain property rights like married couples, ensuring inheritance and protection in separations.
A new law bans corporal punishment of children, ensuring their protection and human dignity.
Shared custody will end, and both parents will be treated equally in caregiving and time spent (no distinction made between non-resident and resident parents).
Uncontested divorces will merge with custody cases to ensure simpler legal processes.

People will be able to grow more (three) cannabis plants at home.
Starting April 2025, general practitioners in the country will be allowed to prescribe medical cannabis to patients with chronic pain.
Under-18s will be prohibited from entering stores selling kratom.
Minors will also be unable to purchase kratom from vending machines; ID verification will be required for every transaction.
Packaging will be designed to avoid appealing to minors, and substances cannot resemble sweets or toys.
The inclusion of other stimulants like nicotine or caffeine in psychomodulatory substances (like THC) will be prohibited.

Starting Feb. 1, people will have the right to conduct nearly all interactions with the government electronically. This is part of the country's Act on the Right to Digital Services.
Delivery workers and counter staff at Czech Post will accept eDoklady (digital ID) on smartphones to verify identity.
Czechia replaces revenue stamps (kolky) with card or phone payments for administrative and court fees.
Health insurance benefits are to be digitized from January 2025 via the eDavky application.
Sickness benefits will also be processed electronically.
The eRecept app will help pharmacists check if patients pay extra for partially insured medicines, ensuring lower or no costs.