As many as 5,435 companies will pay more than €170m tax debt in instalments, the government announced.
This is the outcome of the campaign within which tax debtors could apply for tax payment rescheduling by today, as defined by the relevant law.
Tax Administration (PU) director Miomir M. Mugosa said that the law was passed within the debt management plan and that the debtors were called to settle their tax debts in instalments “in order create better business conditions for as many taxpayers as possible”.
“Tax Administration is building a partnership with taxpayers, based on principles of respect and appreciation, and I think that we… showed our intention to support sustainable business, rather than posing a business barrier,” he said.
Mugosa said he was particularly pleased with the fact that the biggest tax debtors applied for the tax payment rescheduling. According to him, companies from the so-called black list reported nearly €100m for payment rescheduling.
“Very harsh repressive measures that are available to the Tax Administration will be applied to those who did not take advantage of this opportunity, which is a fair offer of the state, and did not apply for the payment rescheduling. Among others, the measures include the hardest one for each taxpayer – introducing bankruptcy,” Mugosa said.
The total tax debt in Montenegro amounts to about €560m. Finance minister Darko Radunovic recently said that about €236m is collectible.
On the other hand, total state debt of Montenegro is close to €2.5bn.
