Euro in its exchange with the Lek at the beginning of May 2024[1] has depreciated on average by 3.7% since the end of 2023. If we look at the exchange rate of the Euro with the Lek, at...
In a discussion to answer the question "Will the retirement age increase?" in the Box to Box show, among other things, beyond the clarification in respect of the analyzes carried out by the ALTAX center for the reform of...
The tax systems in the Western Balkans (BP6) still have the greatest dependence on VAT and taxes on work (tax on income from work and insurance contributions). In the five of BP6 countries (excluding BiH), VAT payments carry a weight of...
This specificity of the weight carried by direct, indirect taxes and social contributions, etc., if we look at it according to the Tax Norms 2022 - 2024 in Statistics, it is observed that: 1. Regarding direct taxes, countries such as Albania...
Economy and fiscal situation In 2023, the population of the Western Balkans (WB6) is 16.98 million inhabitants from 17.34 million inhabitants two years ago, with a decrease of 2.1% (360,000 people). In relation to the total population it seems that: - Serbia lacks...
In response to the economic situation of 2023 dominated by inflation, we think that it has had its own impact on the tax burden, especially on indirect taxes that are based on consumption and have a direct effect on daily...
Today, ALTAX comes to all its readers and followers with the important thematic publication Tax Burden in the Western Balkans - Albania, Kosovo...Tax Freedom Day 2024. This report deals with the tax burden in the Western Balkans region and...
The tax burden includes taxes on consumption (indirect for the form addressed to individuals and businesses), direct taxes addressed directly to personal income from work, capital gains to individual and corporate income, and general taxes (including all forms of national...
The economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] expanded by 1.7% real year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, slowing from a 1.9% annual growth in the third quarter (see Tab. 4). In seasonally adjusted terms, fourth-quarter GDP rose 1.1%...
Regarding the budget revenues in the countries of the Western Balkans (WB6), both in size and trend there are big differences between them. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro manage to enter the budget (taxes and loans) over 40% of...
