The FBiH government annulled a negative impact of increasing contributions, and the number of non-working weeks in the vacation season is also expected
The number of employees in the Federation of BiH did not fall, but remained at the same level as I was 1. January 2025, said on Tuesday after the Federation of BiH Economic and Social Council, Chairman of the Chairman of the Council.
Refund
– It was stated that there was no decrease in the number of employees, practically at the same level is 31. 3. 2025, as well as those who were 1. 1. This year, Chengic said.
The Professor of the Economy and Member of the Federation of BiH Admir Čavalić had other data and the Minimum Payment of 1,000 KM, which fell to the expense of employers, would lead to the number of employees, as previously happened in the Republika Srpska.
– Unfortunately, I was right, although I wish I was wrong. All government institutions publish data on the dramatic decline in the number of employees in the first quarter of this year, which is usually for the first time in the last five years. The government of Prime Minister Nikšić was the most important to collect as much money as possible in the Federal Cash, while fiscal reforms were in the second plan, Čavalić said.
However, Chengic says the data of the Institute for Employment of the Federation of BiH and the FBiH Tax Administration are such that there was no decline in employees, and that there is no reason not to believe in the data.
Sufudin Čengić also emphasized that a large number of economic entities used the regulation that defines the return of the contribution, and on a monthly basis it is 10 million KM.
– Regulation defined by the return of the funds, ie contributions that were paid in the difference between the minimum wage, which was 619 and I must say that the government has managed to return the entities at the monthly basis for about ten million marks. Definitely, they found a way to make this negative impact of contributions that are paid on the minimum salary of the annull and I have to say that today’s data was more positive, which means that the government has fulfilled that part, Chengic pointed out.
New decline in contributions by the end of 2025.
The ESV was also considered the question of the continuation of activities on the release of work, ie reducing contributions.
The government said it would be realized in two steps, and that the first was initiated and amendments to the Law on Contributions in the FBiH, of 1. July reduces the burden of employers for 5.5 index points.
We need a law
– We concluded that these activities should continue to contribute by the end of the year to reduce another percent, and that would lead us to the level of contributions that have countries in the environment. In order to happen, actions are necessary, and one of them is the Law on Fiscalization. We expect the government to initiate it and that the law is in the procedure. If he is adopted until the beginning of the sixth month, there is a realistic possibility that since 31. We have five more index points, Chengic said.
It points out that a non-working Sunday was discussed and that the government was adopted that the FBiH employers’ association is to initiate the same solutions as in neighboring Croatia, and that is that certain businesses are allowed to work a number of Sundays a year, writes Liberation.
