The Croatian Tax System

1.1 VALUE ADDED TAX

TAXPAYER 1. An entrepreneur (natural person and legal entity) who delivers goods or renders services.
2. An importer (when importing goods inland, comprehending the introduction and reception and other forms of the imports of goods).
3. An exporter for export deliveries and value-added goods, including transport and all other transportation services that are not charged for in line with the regulations concerning foreign currency and foreign trade operations.
4. An issuer of an invoice if on the invoice for goods delivered or services rendered a separate entry for VAT is shown although the issuer is not authorized to do so.
5. A domestic entrepreneur for which a service is rendered by an enterprise the headquarters of which is abroad.
6. Non-entrepreneurs, like bodies of the national government, bodies of national and local-self government, political parties, unions and chambers, if they undertake some business or other activities, and if the non-taxation of this activity would lead to unfair advantages.
TAX BASE The compensation for the goods delivered or the services rendered.
Value added tax is paid:

  1. on the delivery of all kinds of goods (products, goods, newly-built buildings, equipment and so on) and all services rendered inland for compensation, if the place of taxation of them is in inland
  2. on own consumption,
  3. on the delivery of goods and services rendered without compensation and with a personal discount, irrespective to whom are delivered
  4. on received advances
  5. on import of goods inland
  6. on inland taxable services that a foreign entrepreneur performs for a domestic entrepreneur
  7. if entrepreneur states a separate amount of value added tax in an invoice for goods delivered or services performed, although he or she is not authorised to do so.
TAX RATES 0%, 10% and 23%
TAX REGULATIONS Value Added Tax Act (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 47/95, 106/96, 164/98, 105/99, 54/00, 73/00, 48/04, 82/04, 90/05, 76/07, 94/09).
Ordinance on the Value Added Tax (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 60/96, 113/97, 7/99, 112/99, 119/99 – correction, 44/00, 63/00, 80/00, 109/00, 54/01, 58/03, 198/03, 55/04, 77/04 – correction, 153/05, 79/07, 34/08, 97/09).
Instruction on refund of value added tax paid for equipment imported or procured inland in 2009 for technological research and scientific research projects (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 25/09).
Instruction on refund of value added tax paid for obtained equipment for performance Fire activities in 2009 (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 25/09).
Instruction on the entitlement to customs duties and tax exemptions pursuant to Article 13 of Annex A to the Framework Agreement between the European Commission and the Government of the Republic of Croatia concerning the European Community aid programmes and line e), paragraph (1) of Article 25 and lines b) and d), paragraph (2) of Article 26 of the Framework Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Commission of the European Communities concerning the principles of co-operation in the field of the financial aid provided to the Republic of Croatia by the European Community for the implementation of assistance within the framework of the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 41/08).

1.2 CORPORATE INCOME TAX (PROFIT TAX)

TAXPAYER CORPORATE INCOME TAX
1. A company or another legal or natural person resident in the Republic of Croatia, who is permanently and independently engaged in an economic activity for the purpose of deriving a profit, an income or a revenue or other assessable economic benefits.
2. A resident permanent establishment (an inland business unit) of a non-resident entrepreneur.
3. A natural person who derives income pursuant to the income tax regulations, if he/she declares that he/she intends to pay profit tax instead of income tax.
4. An entrepreneur – a natural person who derives income from small business or the activities equalized therewith, if:

  • total revenue in the preceding tax period exceeded of HRK 2,000,000,00 or
  • total income in the preceding tax period exceeded of HRK 400,000,00 or
  • the value of long-term assets exceeds HRK 2.000,000,00 or
  • employed more than 15 employees on average during the preceding tax period.
5. Exceptionally, the state administration bodies, bodies of regional and local self-government, the Croatian National Bank, state institutions, institutions of units of regional and local self-government, state institutes, religious communities, political parties, trade unions, chambers, civic organizations, artists associations, volunteer fire companies, technical culture communities, tourist boards, sports clubs, sports associations and unions, open-end investment funds established and operating in accordance with the law, endowments and foundations, if they carry out an economic activity and the non-taxation of this activity would result in their obtaining of unjustified privileges on the market, are liable to pay corporate income tax for this activity.
6. Every entrepreneur that is not classified among the entrepreneurs listed in Items 1 – 5 and is not liable to pay income tax according to the provisions of the Personal Income Tax Law and the profit of whom is not taxed elsewhere.
Note: Open-end investment funds established and operating in accordance with the law are not liable to pay corporate income tax (profit tax).
CORPORATE INCOME TAX BY WITHHOLDING
1. An inland paying agent that pays to foreign entities-recipients (non-residents) who are not natural persons,
2. The permanent establishments of a non-resident entrepreneur, when they pay to the parent company interest, as well as royalties and other intellectual property rights (copyright, patent, licensing, trade mark, design or pattern, production procedure, production formulas, draft, plan, industrial or scientific experience and similar rights). Exceptionally, the withholding tax shall not be paid if considerations are recognized as the revenues of a resident permanent establishment of a non-resident entrepreneur.
TAX BASE CORPORATE INCOME TAX
Profit determined pursuant to the accounting regulations as the difference between revenues and expenditures before the profit tax assessment, increased and reduced in accordance with the provisions of The Profit Tax Law.
CORPORATE INCOME TAX BY WITHHOLDING
Gross amount of a consideration paid by a resident payer to a non-resident recipient.
TAX RATE CORPORATE INCOME TAX
20%
CORPORATE INCOME TAX BY WITHHOLDING
15%
TAX REGULATIONS Profit Tax Act (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 177/04, 90/05, 57/06).
City/Municipality Rate
Andrijaševci 8%
Bale 1%
Barban 5%
Bedenica 3%
Bednja 10%
Beli Manastir 1%
Belica 1%
Belišće 10%
Benkovac 5%
Beretinec 7%
Bilice 10%
Bilje 5%
Biskupija 4%
Bistra 10%
Bizovac 3%
Bjelovar 12%
Blato 10%
Bol 10%
Borovo 10%
Bošnjaci 5%
Brckovljani 3%
Brdovec 10%
Brela 5%
Brestovac 5%
Brinje 10%
Brodski stupnik 10%
Buje 6%
Bukovlje 5%
Cerna 5%
Cernik 10%
Cerovlje 2%
Cestica 10%
Cista Provo 3%
Civljane 7%
Crikvenica 10%
Čabar 5%
Čaglin 5%
Čakovec 10%
Čazma 10%
Čeminac 3%
Darda 5%
Davor 10%
Delnice 5%
Dežanovac 5%
Donja Voća 10%
Donji Andrijevci 8%
Donji Martijanec 5%
Donji Miholjac 8%
Dragalić 10%
Draž 2%
Drenovci 5%
Drniš 5%
Dubrava 3%
Dubravica 7%
Dubrovnik 15%
Duga Resa 5%
Dugo Selo 12%
Dugopolje 8%
Dvor 5%
Đakovo 10%
Erdut 1%
Ervenik 3%
Farkaševac 3%
Fažana 3%
Fužine 5%
Garčin 5%
Garešnica 10%
Gornji Bogićevci 5%
Gračac 7%
Gračišće 5%
Gradec 5%
Grubišno polje 10%
Hrvace 10%
Hum na Sutli 5%
Ilok 5%
Imotski 12%
Ivanec 10%
Ivanić Grad 6%
Ivankovo 10%
Jagodnjak 3%
Jakovlje 5%
Jakšić 5%
Jastrebarsko 9%
Jelsa 10%
Kapela 8%
Kaptol 10%
Karlovac 12%
Karojba 5%
Kaštela 12%
Kaštelir-Labinci 1%
Kijevo 5%
Kistanje 3%
Klanjec 12%
Klenovnik 7%
Klinča Sela 10%
Kloštar Ivanić 2%
Kneževi Vinogradi 5%
Knin 5%
Konavle 7,5%
Končanica 5%
Konjšćina 5%
Korčula 6%
Kraljevica 5%
Krašić 6%
Kravarsko 5%
Križ 2%
Križevci 10%
Krnjak 8%
Kutina 10%
Labin 6%
Lanišće 1%
Lastovo 1%
Lepoglava 8%
Lipovljani 6%
Ližnjan 5%
Lokvičići 7%
Lovas 5%
Lovinac 3%
Ludbreg 12%
Luka 5%
Lumbarda 5%
Lupoglav 1%
Magadenovac 2%
Makarska 10%
Marčana 5%
Marija Gorica 10%
Marijanci 5%
Markušica 5%
Medulin 5%
Metković 10%
Milna 2%
Mljet 10%
Motuvun 1%
Mrkopalj 5%
Muć 7%
Murter 6%
Negoslavci 5%
Nova Gradiška 12%
Nova Kapela 10%
Novi Marof 10%
Novi Vinodolski 7%
Nuštar 6%
Omiš 8%
Orle 5%
Osijek 13%
Otočac 5%
Otok 10%
Ozalj 12%
Pazin 5%
Petlovac 5%
Petrijevci 5%
Petrinja 10%
Pićan 2%
Pirovac 6%
Pisarovina 3%
Pleternica 10%
Plitvička Jezera 5%
Podbablje 6%
Podcrkavlje 5%
Podgora 10%
Podstrana 8%
Pokupsko 5%
Popovac 3%
Popovača 6%
Požega 10%
Pregrada 10%
Preseka 3%
Primošten 10%
Proložac 5%
Promina 5%
Pučišća 5%
Pula 7,5%
Pušća 10%
Rakovec 3%
Rakovica 8%
Raša 6%
Ravna Gora 7,5%
Rešetari 10%
Ribnik 5%
Rijeka 6,25%
Rovinj 6%
Rugvica 6%
Runovići 6%
Ružić 5%
Sibinj 10%
Sinj 8%
Sisak 10%
Skradin 5%
Slavonski Brod 8%
Slunj 5%
Solin 10%
Split 10%
Sračinec 5%
Stara Gradiška 5%
Stari Mikanovci 10%
Staro Petrovo Selo 10%
Stupnik 6%
Sutivan 10%
Sveta Nedelja 3%
Sveti Ivan Zelina 12%
Sveti Lovreč 1%
Sveti Petar u Šumi 7%
Svetvinčenat 5%
Šibenik 10%
Štitar 10%
Tinjan 5%
Tisno 6%
Tordinci 5%
Tribunj 6%
Trnovec Bartolovečki 3%
Trogir 8%
Trpanj 10%
Tučepi 10%
Udbina 5%
Umag 6%
Unešić 5%
Valpovo 8%
Varaždin 10%
Varaždinske Toplice 10%
Vela Luka 9%
Velika Gorica 12%
Velika Kopanica 7%
Veliko Trgovišće 7,5%
Vidovec 10%
Vinica 5%
Vinkovci 10%
Virovitica 10%
Vis 3%
Visoko 10%
Višnjan 5%
Vižinada 1%
Vodice 6%
Vodnjan 5%
Vojnić 7,5%
Vrbanja 5%
Vrbje 3%
Vrbovec 12%
Vrbovsko 6%
Vrgorac 10%
Vrhovine 7%
Vrlika 7%
Zadvarje 1%
Zagreb 18%
Zagvozd 6%
Zaprešić 12%
Zlatar Bistrica 5%
Zmijavci 8%
Žakanje 5%
Žminj 5%
Žumberak 3%
Župa Dubrovačka 10%
Županja 12%
TAX REGULATIONS The Law Concerning the Financing of Units of Local Government and Regional Self-Government (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 117/93, 33/00, 73/00, 59/01, 107/01, 117/01 – correction, 150/02, 147/03, 132/06, 73/08). Croatian Constitutional Court Decision (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No 26/07). A decision of the city or commune concerning city or commune taxes.

3.2 THE CONSUMPTION TAX

TAXPAYER The natural person or legal entity that provides catering or hospitality services.
TAX BASE The sales price of beverages sold in catering facilities.
TAX RATE up to 3%
TAX REGULATIONS The Law Concerning the Financing of Units of Local Government and Regional Self-Government (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 117/93, 33/00, 73/00, 59/01, 107/01, 117/01 – correction, 150/02, 147/03, 132/06, 73/08). Croatian Constitutional Court Decision (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No 26/07).
A decision of the city or commune concerning city or commune taxes.

3.3 TAX ON HOLIDAY HOUSES

TAXPAYER The natural person or legal entity that is the owner of a holiday home.
SUBJECT OF TAXATION A square metre of useful space in the holiday house.
AMOUNT OF TAX From 5 to 15 kuna per square metre of useful area.
TAX REGULATIONS The Law Concerning the Financing of Units of Local Government and Regional Self-Government (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 117/93, 33/00, 73/00, 59/01, 107/01, 117/01 – correction, 150/02, 147/03, 132/06, 73/08). Croatian Constitutional Court Decision (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No 26/07).
A decision of the city or commune concerning city or commune taxes.

3.4 TRADE NAME TAX

TAXPAYER A natural person or legal entity that is liable to pay corporate income tax or personal income tax and is registered for the performance of an activity.
SUBJECT OF TAXATION Trade name.
AMOUNT OF TAX Up to 2,000 kuna for each trade name.
TAX REGULATIONS The Law Concerning the Financing of Units of Local Government and Regional Self-Government (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 117/93, 33/00, 73/00, 59/01, 107/01, 117/01 – correction, 150/02, 147/03, 132/06, 73/08). Croatian Constitutional Court Decision (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No 26/07).
A decision of the city or commune concerning city or commune taxes.

3.5 TAX ON THE USE OF PUBLIC LAND

TAXPAYER The legal entity and natural person that makes use of public land.
SUBJECT OF TAXATION The public land that is used by legal entities and natural persons.
AMOUNT OF TAX The amount of the tax is prescribed by the individual commune or city.
TAX REGULATIONS The Law Concerning the Financing of Units of Local Government and Regional Self-Government (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No. 117/93, 33/00, 73/00, 59/01, 107/01, 117/01 – correction, 150/02, 147/03, 132/06, 73/08). Croatian Constitutional Court Decision (Official Gazette of RC ‘Narodne novine’ No 26/07).
A decision of the city or commune concerning city or commune taxes.

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