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Croatian Law on Investment Promotion – Tax support
Pursuant to the Law on Investment Promotion, the purpose of investment promotion is to stimulate economic growth and the realization of the economic policy of the Republic of Croatia, its inclusion in international exchange flows and the strengthening of the investment and competitive ability of Croatian entrepreneurship. Beneficiaries of support are entrepreneurs (micro, small, medium,…
Contractual non-competition agreement and contractual penalty according to the Labor Law
Non-compete agreement A contractual non-competition agreement exists when the employer and the employee agree that for a certain period after the termination of the employment contract, the employee may not be employed by another person who is in market competition with the employer, and that he may not, for his own account or for the…
Extraordinary termination of the employment contract
Extraordinary termination is termination without the obligation to comply with the prescribed or agreed notice period. The employer and the employee have a justified reason for the extraordinary termination of the employment contract concluded for an indefinite or fixed period, if due to a particularly serious violation of an obligation from the employment relationship or…
Apartment ownership of foreign naturalpersons in Croatia – practical issues
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.…
Bankruptcy in Croatia
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:
Alterations in tax laws
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 forperformance of a monetaryobligation
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…
Acquisition by adverse possession of ownership shares
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…
Business of non-residents throughpermanent business unit
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…
Business travel during corona measures
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…
Boundary line regulations in the republic of Croatia
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…
Abuse of trust in economic businessoperations
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…
Acquiring Croatian citizenship for foreigners
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…
Property relations of spouses in Croatia: regulations under family law
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: