Availability and sophistication of eServices for Businesses
Last updated: October 2011
The information in this section is based on the common list of 20 basic public services contained in the annual report 'Digitising Public Services in Europe: Putting ambition into action - 9th Benchmark Measurement' prepared for the European Commission, Directorate General for Information Society and Media, December 2010.
The 8 services for businesses are as follows:
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1. Social contributions for employees |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Social Insurance Agency |
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Description: |
All businesses with more than five employees are required to submit regular monthly social contributions forms via the web-based data intake system. All forms are downloadable from the website. |
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2. Corporate tax: declaration, notification |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Ministry of Finance, Tax Directorate of the Slovak Republic |
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Website: |
http://www.drsr.sk/wps/portal; http://portal.gov.sk/Portal/sk/Default.aspx |
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Description: |
The service provider offers the possibility to treat the declaration of corporate tax via the website. Holders of the Qualified Electronic Signature may declare tax online. There is a limited possibility to declare tax fully online, for non-holders of eSignature. |
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3. VAT: declaration, notification |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Ministry of Finance, Tax Directorate of the Slovak Republic |
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Website: |
http://www.drsr.sk/wps/portal; http://portal.gov.sk/Portal/sk/Default.aspx |
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Description: |
The service provider offers the possibility to completely carry out the VAT declaration via the website. Users can choose the possibility to communicate using Qualified, or Advanced Electronic Signature. |
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4. Registration of a new company |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Ministry of Justice, Trade Registry |
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Website: |
http://www.justice.gov.sk/; http://portal.gov.sk/Portal/sk/Default.aspx |
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Description: |
The service provider offers the possibility to register a new company electronically via the central government portal. No other formal procedure is necessary for the applicant. |
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5. Submission of data to statistical offices |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
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Description: |
The service provider offers the possibility to completely carry out the electronic submission of statistical data to the Statistical Office. Some statistically important data already declared to the tax and customs administration does not need to be resubmitted separately to the Statistical Office by a company. |
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6. Customs declarations |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Ministry of Finance, Customs Administration |
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Website: |
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Description: |
Information and forms to download. Holders of the Guaranteed Electronic Signature may submit a declaration online. The service provider offers the possibility to carry out the declaration of customs electronically. |
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7. Environment-related permits (incl. reporting) |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Ministry of the Environment, local environment offices |
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Description: |
The publicly accessible website managed by the relevant administrative level offers the possibility to start the procedure for environment-related permits in a non-electronic way using a paper form. |
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8. Public procurement |
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Responsibility: |
Central Government, Office for Public Procurement |
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Description: |
To send an online notice to the National Journal of Public Procurement (eVestnik), the contracting authority/entity has to gain access to the online system for editing and sending notices (ZOVO application). Access to ZOVO is subject to the assignment of a password and an ID by the Office for Public Procurement. Within the application, all forms used in public procurement are centralised. The contracting authority/entity selects relevant forms for a particular tender and sends them to the OJ EU (depending on thresholds) and to the OPP for publishing. |
Further information on the services and on the latest official online sophistication ratings is available in the 'Digitising Public Services in Europe: Putting ambition into action - 9th Benchmark Measurement' report, prepared for the European Commission, Directorate General for Information Society and Media, December 2010.