EET 2.0 in a hotel and restaurant: IT checklist before 1 Jan 2027

The new Czech electronic sales registration (EET 2.0) goes live on 1 January 2027. If your hotel, guesthouse or restaurant takes payments on the spot (in the restaurant, at the bar or at the front desk), it applies to you. The new system is simpler than the one that ran in 2016-2020, but part of the preparation is purely technical. This article is a practical IT checklist: what to do, by when, and who you need for it. The Czech Financial Administration publishes the official details at eet.gov.cz (in Czech); please verify there everything you find here only in short form.

Who EET 2.0 applies to

Sales are registered by income taxpayers (both individuals and legal entities) who accept payments in personal contact with the customer or on the business premises. It does not matter whether you are a VAT payer. Cash, card payments, QR payments and similar on-the-spot payments are registered. An ordinary remote bank transfer, such as payment of an invoice, and an e-shop with an online payment gateway are not. What counts is the place, method and circumstances of the payment, not only the payment instrument. For a hotel with a restaurant we recommend going through with your accountant which payments arise where, and checking them on eet.gov.cz.

Key dates

• 1 Nov 2026: EET 2.0 opens in the MOJE daně portal, including certificate generation (DIS+).
• 1 Dec 2026: the free web application MOJE eet for smaller businesses starts.
• 1 Jan 2027: live operation begins.
• 10 Jan 2027: last day to sign up for the EET OFF regime for 2027 (only for selected individuals, see below).

1. Certificate: who generates it and who keeps track

From 1 November 2026 certificates can be generated in the MOJE daně portal (DIS+). The practical question is not only "how" but "who". Name one responsible person and write down who has access to the portal. The certificate and login details should not depend on a single employee who may leave, or on someone's private e-mail. If you run several tills or several premises, decide in advance how you will keep track of the certificates and when you will renew them. The step-by-step procedure is described on eet.gov.cz.

2. Till and hotel system: updates from your suppliers

You do not need a new till. You can use your existing point-of-sale system after an update from its supplier, or the free MOJE eet application. In a hotel that means two questions for your suppliers: how and when will they release an update for EET 2.0, and does it need to connect to the hotel system through which payments from the front desk and restaurant are billed. Ask in writing, keep the answer, and agree the installation and test date well in advance. An update in December, in the middle of the peak season, is not a good idea. We recommend scheduling it for a quieter period and having a technician on standby for a few days afterwards.

3. Tills on a network separate from guest Wi-Fi

Tills and payment terminals send data to the tax authority over the internet. That is why guests with phones and laptops do not belong on the same network. We recommend separating them: tills, terminals and the front desk on their own network (VLAN), guest Wi-Fi separately, and a firewall with clear rules between them. The benefit is twofold. A guest has no path to the devices used for payment, and an overloaded guest Wi-Fi during a weekend wedding will not slow down the sending of a sale. This is our recommended practice, not a legal requirement.

4. Stable internet and what to do in an outage

Registration is online and the data is sent when the sale takes place. If the internet goes down, sales are sent without delay once the connection is restored, and no later than 48 hours after the sale (source: eet.gov.cz, the section on errors and their solutions). Most tills have an automatic procedure for outages and send unsent sales by themselves once the connection returns. A single outage is therefore not a problem. However, the owner of the business should be aware that repeated or longer outages increase the risk of missing the deadline. We therefore recommend a stable main line, a backup (for example a second connection or a mobile backup), availability monitoring, and knowing who to call on a Friday evening. The MOJE eet application runs in a browser and needs the internet as well.

5. MOJE eet for smaller businesses from 1 Dec 2026

From 1 December 2026 a free web application called MOJE eet will be available for smaller businesses; a smartphone, tablet or computer is enough. For a small guesthouse or a café by a hotel it may be the simplest route. For a business with many payments and several tills, an updated point-of-sale system connected to the hotel system is more convenient. It is worth working this out before deciding. EET OFF is a special regime: it is only for individuals in the first band of the flat-rate tax regime whose income from self-employment in the previous year did not exceed CZK 1 million. Businesses run as a company are not covered, and the application is due no later than 10 January 2027.

6. Responsibility and access

The operator is responsible for sales registration, not the till supplier or IT. Write down who handles what: who manages the certificate, who talks to the till supplier, who deals with an internet outage, and who is the deputy at the weekend. Check that access to the portal, the point-of-sale system and the network administration is not shared under one password, and that it can be revoked when an employee leaves. There are changes beyond registration too: the reduced 12% VAT rate on non-alcoholic drinks in catering is part of the same package, so make sure your till handles it correctly.

Short checklist

• By 1 Nov 2026, name a responsible person and sort out access to the MOJE daně portal and the certificates.
• Find out in writing from your till and hotel system suppliers the update date and the test procedure.
• Separate tills and terminals from guest Wi-Fi.
• Check internet stability, have a backup, and know what to do in an outage (48 hours).
• Decide whether MOJE eet from 1 Dec 2026 is enough or whether to stay with the point-of-sale system.
• By 1 Jan 2027, finish a test in live operation.

What we can do

We are not responsible for tills or certificates; that stays with you and your suppliers. We help with the technical side: network and connectivity management including firewalls, VPN and Wi-Fi, separating networks, availability monitoring and a fast response to outages. Our service desk offers optional 24/7 support. We will gladly review your network as part of a free IT audit and tell you what needs adjusting before 1 January 2027.

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