At the age of 50, businessman Antonín Pašek from Kvetoslavov, who came to the public’s attention in May of this year after a publicized dispute with the financial administration, died.
10.06.2026 11:08 , updated: 11:22
Pašek operated a stall with langoustines in the village near Dunajská Streda. According to Nové Čas information, he had health problems in the past few days. Citing an unnamed source, the newspaper stated that the businessman was taken by ambulance to the hospital after his health worsened, from where he was then supposed to leave at his own request. Later, his health worsened again and he died as a result.
The last farewell to the deceased will take place on June 12, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at the cemetery in Kvetoslavov, the legal representative of the late businessman informed about it.
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Pašek came into the spotlight after the auditors of the financial administration told him fined in the amount of 1,500 euros for deficiencies on the receipt. The crux of the case concerned missing diacritical marks (soft and long) in block-printed text, which sparked debate as to whether this was an adequate reason to impose a penalty of that amount.
The case subsequently went beyond the regional framework and politicians, tax experts and the public began to deal with it. Critics drew particular attention to the formality of controls and the fact that minor technical or linguistic errors should not lead to high fines for small entrepreneurs. The case became a symbol of a wider debate about the setting of control mechanisms within the electronic records of sales.
After mediating the case, the Financial Administration conducted an internal review and later canceled the fine. The president of the financial administration, Jozef Kiss, said that during the inspection, procedural errors were detected and that the reason stated in the inspection record and in the sanction decision itself differed. At the same time, he admitted that he does not consider the legislation to be ideal and announced that the financial administration is preparing proposals for changes that should also affect the amount of fines for formal misconduct.
At the same time, the case also opened up the topic of control methodology, while the financial administration announced a greater emphasis on uniform interpretation of rules and preventive action against entrepreneurs.
