In a look at the tax treatment for the entire Western Balkans of freelancers, we see that the highest tax rates are found in Albania and Serbia, respectively with 15% and 10% and 20% of their profit after some...
The relationship between wage setting and inflation has been closely monitored in recent years by the Bank of Albania and the former Ministry of Finance and Economy, as it was key to their success in achieving macroeconomic stabilization in an...
Year-on-year inflation in the OECD as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained broadly stable at 5.8% in March 2024, after 5.7% in February (Figures 1 and 2). Headline inflation fell in 19 OECD countries with the largest...
During the first 4 months of 2024, the second level banks have given an average of 940 million ALL in loans every day. The amount shows that the demand from businesses and citizens has increased this year. New loans for businesses...
The tax burden is a product of the revenues collected by the central tax administration and the customs administration, from the own revenues of the municipalities, as well as the collections for pension contributions. All revenues together make up the comprehensive...
For reasons of planning expenses on the basis of stable incomes, a conservative approach has been applied to the evaluation of the effect of these measures. Consequently, spending will be able to be kept at a manageable level, and with...
Municipalities collect their own revenues in two forms: (a) as revenues collected directly by the municipality, as an activity of the municipality, and (b) as revenues collected from the central level (in the following text, indirect revenues) which are transferred...
In Kosovo, the methodology is the same to calculate the fiscal burden and the tax burden, as it was clarified for Albania. The burden of general (fiscal) revenues in Kosovo is the result of the contribution of 88% from tax revenues...
In an interview that Mr. Gjokutaj told China Foreign Radio about the economic impact of the Chinese president's visit to Europe that "this visit comes in the framework of a relationship which, after 5 years of President Xi Jinping's...
In the analysis of the distribution of the tax burden according to the name of taxes and fees (including taxes and fees that are divided between the central and local governments) we notice that the tax burden is to a...
