The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Tax Administration announced the intensification of inspection supervisors to prevent the abuses of tax regulations when calculating salaries and warm meals. This measure occurs after the decision of the FBiH Government on increasing the minimum salary at 1,000 KM, with the aim of protecting the rights of workers and suppressing attempts to avoid tax liabilities.
Warm meal up to 14.01 KM per day is non-taxable
According to field information, some employers who previously paid a salary of 700 kms with 300 km for a warm meal now show the full amount of 1,000 KM as a minimum wage, omitting the payment of warm meals. The FBiH Tax Administration warns that, if it is determined that the earlier amounts of warm meals were actually part of the salary for tax and contribution avoidance, it can represent the criminal offense of tax evasion.
Employers are recalled that a warm meal up to 14.01 KM can be disabled per day, while the amounts above this limit are subject to taxation. Improper calculation and payment of these revenues is subject to sanctions during inspection supervision.
Call to workers who have recently been on minimal
The FBiH Tax Administration calls on workers to report irregularities through the competent channels. Inspection supervision will be implemented ex officio and in accordance with citizens applications to ensure strict residence of the law.
Director of the FBiH Tax Administration, Admir Omerbašić, said employers who attempt to use the minimum salary for the coveration of previous practices to avoid tax liabilities to be subjected to strict controls and sanctions. Management will not tolerate manipulations at work of workers and budgets.
“The common goal is to ensure compliance with tax regulations, protection of workers’ rights and stability of budget revenues. The Management Board will conduct legal measures against offenses without compromise, and all who try to bypass laws must be aware of possible serious consequences, “said Omerbašić.
Cooperation with unions
The FBiH Tax Administration remains in constant communication with the federation of independent FBiH unions and other relevant actors to monitor the situation and undertake additional anti-abuse measures, They ordered.
Employers call for the FBiH Government to complete the promise
After the session of the House of Peoples of the FBiH Parliament, the Member of the Public Discussion on the Draft Law on Fiscalizing Transactions in FBiH formed the Working Group of Experts to Prepare Official Employers’ Official Paragraphs FBiH and deliver them to the competent Ministry and the FBiH Government.
– and we use the opportunity to call the FBiH Government and remind of the Public Data Promises of the FBiH Government, and after the recently implemented fiscal interventions, and the beginning of the Law on Fiscalizing Transactions in FBiH to 1. July of the current year as the first system steps in fiscal reforms and is a prerequisite to, according to the announcements, by 1st. September 2025. Infect and contribution tax regulations, and the ultimate goal is full of fiscal reform from 1. January 2026 to reduce At 28.5 percent – it was announced from that association.
Source: Focus
