QuestionCan a consulting relationship be established with an American company, working from Albania, without registering as a natural person, but withholding taxes on the payments received from the service, with the reasoning that the project will not last long and...
When analyzing Albania’s efforts to improve its tax system in 2025 and beyond, it is important to consider successful experiences from both European countries and neighboring regions, where similar tax reforms have been implemented. Albania is focused on improving tax compliance...
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...
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 final meeting of the tour of activities for the dialogue with the citizens and the municipality of Elbasan regarding the challenges of the draft budget 2024 was realized in a warm and quite cooperative spirit, which is the reflection...
On Wednesday, the team of ALTAX experts continued their journey to talk with the citizens and the local government of Berat, to be part of the civil review for the discussion in the function of transparency and accountability of the...
A challenge and result of all the challenges of increasing public initiative through citizen participation[1] is the low participation of citizens and especially of interest groups in hearings on the budget. To illustrate this challenge, we take the case...
The dialogue between administrators and citizens is a useful mechanism for increasing accountability in contested areas was one of the central topics in the meeting with representatives of the Gjirokastra Municipality, the Municipal Council, but also civil society and local...
Instead of making budget decisions based on the performance of revenues and expenditures of previous years, good public finance practice suggests that the government should structure budget decisions based on the prospects for the coming years. The budget is a problem...
A renewed debate over laws banning or allowing the use and supply of cannabis worldwide has been fueled by the legalization of the supply and use of cannabis for "recreational and medical" purposes in several US states, Europe[1]...
