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Law firm Vaić & Dvorničić Ltd. > Tax law
23 January
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Real estate tax

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Croatia, with approximately 3.87 million inhabitants, has over 2.4 million housingunits, including 600,000 unoccupied ones and 231,000 holiday homes. These figuresand the issue of long-term housing availability have prompted the government todraft a new Real Estate Tax Act. The primary aim is to reduce the tax disparitybetween income earned through labor and rental income, as rental income has sofar been taxed more favorably. This act, part of a broader tax reform, focuses onencouraging investment in productive sectors rather than solely in real estate. Thegoal is for this tax to completely replace the holiday home tax. Key changes The first change involves the...

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25 March
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Croatian Law on Investment Promotion – Supports for justified costs and other supports

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Tax supports are not the only supports provided by the Law on Investment Promotion, but there are also the following types of supports for beneficiaries. Supports for justified costs of new jobs associated with the investment project For example, a support beneficiary who ensures the creation of new jobs related to an investment project in counties where the registered unemployment rate is more than 15% will be granted non-refundable financial support for the justified costs of creating new jobs related to the investment in the amount of up to 30% of the eligible costs for opening of a new job, in the...

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25 March
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Croatian Law on Investment Promotion – Tax support

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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, and large entrepreneurs), that is, a trading company or a natural person (craftsman) who is liable for profit tax, registered in the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Beneficiaries of investment support cannot be legal or natural persons who have been legally convicted of economic crime. Tax...

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09 March
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Alterations in tax laws

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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 were also adopted. New, higher standard VAT tax rate of 25% entered into force on 1st March 2012 as well as a lower VAT tax rate of 10% set for edible oils and fats, children’s food, water and white sugar. From 1st January 2013 this lower...

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07 March
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Business of non-residents through permanent business unit

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in Commercial law, Tax law

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 of money saved, because with the money saved, savers can buy less and less products and services day by day, and this trend will continue in the future. To preserve the value of money, real estate investments provide good security against inflation and represent tangible,...

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