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Czech government postpones tax reform until 2014. The new rules will only be valid as from 2014, but the new way of gambling taxation will be introduced at the beginning of next year, Stanjura said. Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek (TOP 09) said the postponement was necessary in order to harmonise the legislation with Civil Code. The coalition leaders also agreed that they would look for a new form of advantages for communal catering. Instead of benefits for communal catering, the Finance Ministry has proposed an annual tax bonus of 3000 crowns. Public Affairs (VV, minor coalition government member) wants to preserve the existing system of tax reliefs for meal vouchers, a very popular form of benefits for communal catering used by most employees. In the case of gambling taxation, the coalition leaders agreed that the money from the lottery tax would be part of the revenues of municipal authorities and the state, Stanjura said.