The Albanian Minister for Standards and Services recently announced the closure of 95% of the public service counters by the end of April. Almost all applications and claims, from now on, should be submitted online, and all official documents will…
A new online VAT refund platform, provided by the General Directorate of Taxes, is available in Albania since 7 March 2022. This platform will be used to create, track, and review any VAT refund claim made by taxpayers. All VAT…
Through an ultimate update of the decision no.158 “On Determining the National Minimum Wage”, on 12.03.2022, of the Council of Ministers, it was decided to increase the minimum monthly salary to ALL 32 000. The current minimum salary is ALL…
It was recently published on the Official Gazette of Albania, the decision to create an Electronic Register for NPOs. The register consists of a state database which collects, organizes and stores the information for non-profit organizations electronically, in interaction with…
The Parliament of Albania recently announced amendments in the Law on the register of beneficiary owners, through a new draft law The changes made are substantial and directly affect the process of declaring beneficial owners, as well as, the current situation of many of the reporting entities. …
The Albanian Minister of Finance presented the Fiscal Package of 2022 during the Parliamentary Assembly on Economy and Finance. The main laws that will be affected by the changes included in the fiscal package of 2022 are on income tax; value added tax in the Republic of Albania; excises in the Republic…
Pursuant to Fiscalisation reform for the declaration of business-to-business and business-to-consumer transactions, the General Directorate of Taxation has informed all taxpayers (subject to VAT) that the submission of VAT return sheets and sales and purchase books for the periods until December 2021, will continue…
A few days before the deadline for declaration of monthly ledger books and VAT balance, the Tax Administration has reminded the taxpayers subject to VAT about the correct manner of reporting the sales and purchase books as well as VAT return…
“Fitch Solutions”, a well-known unit of the international rating agency “Fitch”, published the latest risk report for the second half of 2021 for Albania. In this report, the forecast for the growth of Albania’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2021…
The Fiscalization Reform, that started to be implemented in Albania since January 1st, 2021, for taxpayers who have direct commercial relations with state institutions, has also started officially to be implemented on taxpayers who conduct cashless transactions between them from July 1st, 2020. Through the approval of…