In today’s practice, it is often the case that companies doing business in the Republic of Croatia are owned by natural or legal persons resident in the Republic of Germany. The following is an overview of the tax rates applicable to the taxation of dividend payments in case where the owner of a Croatian company…
A company is, by definition, a business entity that independently and permanently performs economic activity in order to make a profit by producing, trading goods or providing services on the market. The most common form of company that appears in Croatian practice is a limited liability company, and the minimum share capital required for the…
This article lists the tax specifics, i.e. the differences between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Croatia in terms of real estate levies, inheritance taxes and tax liabilities depending on the taxpayer’s residence. The differences in the tax arrangements of these two countries are not negligible, thus we present some of them….
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…
Electronic public auction is a relative novelty in the Croatian judicial system, which has greatly increased the transparency of participation in public auction and made it easier to participate remotely. When the sales of immovable property or movable property in public auction is ordered in execution, insolvency or other judicial proceedings, the court or other…
From January 1st. 2021, tax changes are introduced based on amendments and supplements to the Income Tax Act, the Corporate Tax Act and the Value Added Tax Act, from which we present the most significant changes in the following text. The amendment to the Income Tax Act reduces taxation rates From 24% to 20% for…
The insolvency proceedings (bankruptcy) in general shall be initiated by the debtor or creditor’s proposal. If all the conditions for opening insolvency proceedings have been met, then the court is seised of the order of opening of insolvency proceedings to be published on the e-board of the court. That order must include an invitation to…
On April 14 2020, the Government of the Republic of Croatia held a session at which it adopted the Bill amending the Law on Enforcement on Financial Assets. Below we list the news regarding the enforcement upon which has been decided during the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). Law on Amendments to the Law on Enforcement on…
The Republic of Croatia applies one of the lowest corporate income tax rates in the territory of the EU Member States. Thus, in the Republic of Croatia under the amended Law on Corporate Income Tax, which is effective from January 2020, an entrepreneur who generates income up to 7.5 million HRK (1 million EUR), pays…
In situations when there are opposing parties to the dispute, in most cases they entrust the resolution of that dispute to the court. Because court proceedings are conducted according to formal rules, the outcome of court proceedings does not always lead to a solution that is the best for the parties. Therefore, there is also…
