ZAGREB, January 4, 2019 - Data from the fiscalisation system show that consumption in 2018 increased on the year, with the total amount of receipts issued exceeding 184 billion kuna, up 7.98%, while the number of receipts issued went up 0.76%, the Tax Administration said on Thursday.
Over 2.363 billion receipts were issued in 2018, as against 2.345 billion in 2017. Their total amount was 184.08 billion kuna, as against 179.48 billion kuna in 2017.
The average receipt amount was 77.89 kuna, up 7.16% on the year (72.69 kuna in 2017).
In December 2018, consumption went up more than 7% on the year. The number of receipts issued totalled more than 179.9 million, up 0.36%. Their amount totalled 14.858 billion kuna, as against 13.795 billion kuna in December 2017.
The average receipt amount went up 7.32%, from 76.96 to 82.59 kuna. The highest number of receipts was issued on December 21, about 7.7 million. In December 2017, the highest number of receipts was issued on the 22nd, about 7.9 million.
In the weekend before Christmas 2018, December 14-16, nearly 16.5 million receipts were issued, while in the Christmas weekend, December 21-23, their number jumped 19.27% to 19.63 million.
Consumption in Croatia in the weekend before Christmas totalled 1.42 billion kuna, jumping 28.63% in the Christmas weekend to 1.83 billion kuna. The average receipt amount in the Christmas weekend was 93.10 kuna, as against 86.33 kuna the weekend before.
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