Real Estate

The Czech real estate market has seen rapid development in the past years. Large numbers of investors are looking of new investment opportunities. Development continues in all segments – office, retail, industrial, logistics and residential – to meet this demand. EU entry provides great opportunities for these trends to continue. There are also new types of transactions and financing methods to consider.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has a dedicated team of tax, legal, corporate finance and assurance specialists to address these matters both in the Czech Republic and across the CEE Region. Our experienced real estate team can advise you in all areas of acquisition, development, financing, evaluation and management of real estate and construction in order to help you optimise the value of transactions and processes.

Industry specific services

• Advice on tax beneficial holding company locations, financial structures, repatriation and exit strategies
  
• Local tax structuring – sale and lease back transactions, lease incentives, rental contracts, financing and refinancing etc.
  
• Tax due diligence reviews, on the spot investigations, etc.
  
• Structuring advice for VAT exempt real estate investors, rental contract structuring in order to avoid post-acquisition repayments of recovered input VAT, etc.
  
• Real estate transfer tax advice – structuring possibilities to manage the transfer tax liability, etc.
  
• Due diligence review of target company to be acquired for the purpose of purchasing real estate
  
• Due diligence prior to purchase of real estate property 

Publications

Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2009 (pdf 4,6 MB)