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According to the positive regulations, foreign natural persons who are the apartment owners in Croatia still cannot categorise their apartments, neither rent them and pay tax for it. Therefore, foreign natural persons often use their apartments to host either their real friends or fictive friends, and that way illegally earn their weekly rent in cash.…

Financial instability is present in European as well as in Croatian capital market. Therefore legal persons are much more careful when entering into new business. One must always bear in mind the possibility of bankruptcy of his/her business associate. Thereat, all legal persons must be aware of certain legal consequences of bankruptcy:

In February 2012, the Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the whole package of tax law alterations that significantly change the taxpayer’s position. With the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act being changed and the current 23% tax rate increased on 25%, certain amendments to the Profit Tax Act, Income Tax Act and Contributions Act…

Act on the time limit for performance of a monetary obligation entered into force on 1st January 2012, and therefore, the provision from article 174 of the Civil Obligations Act, ceased to have effect. According to this, now invalid provision that refers to commercial contracts, the debtor was liable to fulfill his monetary obligation within…

As one of the ways of acquiring the ownership of real estate under the law is the acquisition by adverse possession. It is an institute based on exclusive possession for a statutory period, where the title to real property is acquired by the disseisor who holds the property lawfully, truly and in good faith for…

It is well known that some citizens hold large amounts of money in the bank accounts, while due to high inflation and low interest rates savings in the bank are currently not profitable. Namely, by holding money in the bank savers do not generate any returns, while inflation at the same time reduces the value…

Measures introduced as a result of the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) make it very difficult for people to move across borders, however the Croatian government has introduced some milder measures for people traveling for business reasons. Accordingly, from 28 February 2021, people traveling from countries / regions of the European Union / European Economic Area, although…

In the Republic of Croatia boundary lines are often a subject of legal disputes. A legal dispute with neighbor/s regarding boundary lines often emerges when, for example, an investor buys a building land and starts to build. These disputes can last several years.This also happens to the natural persons when, for example, they inherit building land and start with the building.These…

In the economic business operations, whoever breaches the duty to protect someone else’s property interests based on the law, decision of an administrative or judicial authority, legal transaction or a trust relationship, thereby obtaining for himself or another person unlawful material gain and by doing that or in some other way causes damage to one…

This article addresses the procedure for acquiring citizenship for personswho do not have some form of connection with the Republic of Croatia (suchas belonging to the Croatian folks). Acquisition of citizenship is regulated by the Law on CroatianCitizenship, and according to this law citizenship can be acquired in4 ways: A person who is not a…

In the Republic of Croatia, family law regulates the property relations of spouses. Here isan overview of marital and personal property and the significance of marriage contracts:

Inheritance law in Croatia regulates the transfer of assets after the death of a person,either by law or by will. Anyone can designate an heir and regulate their rights in a will.Here we explain why and how wills can be contested.

A loan often enables larger investments such as buying a house or an apartment. Such loans are almost always secured by a mortgage on real estate. The mortgage also serves as security for another claim against the debtor. Croatian law recognizes only a mortgage on real estate as a lien right. The mortgage can be…

According to the provisions of the (Croatian) Law on Obligations, the existence of certain defects of will when entering into a contract causes the legal transaction to be null or void. Voidance is a legal institute which, unlike nullity, does not act under the law itself, because it is necessary to determine the existence of…