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Doing Business 2014: Czech Republic Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business report evaluates the ease of doing business in 189 economies, focusing on regulations affecting small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It measures 11 key areas, including starting a business, construction permits, electricity access, property registration, credit availability, investor protection, tax payments, cross-border trade, contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and employment regulations. The report uses a ranking system and a distance to frontier (DTF) metric to compare regulatory performance and identify reforms that improve the business environment.

Key Indicators for Czech Republic

Main Points and Key Findings

• Ease of Doing Business Index (DB2014): The Czech Republic ranks 75th globally, a decline of 7 positions from DB2013 (which was a comparable ranking).
• Distance to Frontier (DTF): The DTF for the Czech Republic increased slightly from 65.7 to 66.46, indicating a small improvement in regulatory efficiency.
• Starting a Business: It requires 9 procedures, takes 19.5 days, and costs 8.2% of income per capita. The paid-in minimum capital is 29.5% of income per capita.
• Regional Comparison: The Czech Republic ranks higher than some comparator economies like Hungary and Italy, but lower than Germany and the United Kingdom.
• Global Comparison: The Czech Republic is ranked 146th globally for starting a business, behind New Zealand, which is the best performer.
• Efficiency: The procedures are mostly completed online, reducing time and cost. However, the Czech Republic still lags behind in efficiency compared to top performers.

Business Environment Highlights

• Regulatory Reforms: The Czech Republic has not implemented significant reforms in the past few years as measured by Doing Business. The last reform was in 2009, which introduced a Czech Point to streamline procedures.
• Ease of Doing Business Index (DB2014): The index is calculated as the simple average of percentile rankings on 10 topics (excluding employing workers). It reflects the overall regulatory environment for SMEs.
• DTF (Distance to Frontier): This metric measures how far an economy is from the best practices globally. It allows users to track progress over time and identify areas needing improvement.
• Comparative Analysis: The report compares the Czech Republic with other economies in the same region and globally to highlight strengths and weaknesses in the regulatory environment.

Starting a Business: Details and Procedures

• City: Prague
• Legal Form: Spolecnost s Rucenim Omezenym (SRO)
• Paid-in Minimum Capital Requirement: CZK 100,000 (approximately 29.5% of income per capita)
• Procedures:
  1. Check for uniqueness of company name (online, <1 day, no cost)
  2. Obtain extracts of... (partial details available in the report)

The report highlights that while the Czech Republic has made some improvements, there is still room for regulatory reform to enhance the business environment and reduce the burden on entrepreneurs.