ZAGREB, October 19, 2018 - Croatian Finance Minister Zdravko Marić and Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenji Yamada signed an agreement in Zagreb on Friday on the avoidance of double taxation between the two countries.

ZAGREB, October 12, 2018 - Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Friday that the preparation of next year's budget was going well and that the government was likely to discuss a proposed budget revision and a 2019 budget draft in mid-November.

ZAGREB, October 4, 2018 - The government will do everything to find a solution which would prevent price hikes of new vehicles as of 2019 that could be caused by new, stricter standards for measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Thursday.

Retailers promise they will cut food prices.

ZAGREB, September 28, 2018 - Even though it welcomed the planned reduction of the standard VAT rate for some food products, the parliamentary opposition on Thursday criticised the government's tax reform proposal, saying that the planned tax cuts were too small and would not be felt by the poorest citizens.

ZAGREB, September 27, 2018 - Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said in parliament on Thursday the point of the tax reform was a simpler, more transparent and more just tax system which would benefit entrepreneurs, investors and taxpayers, but the opposition vehemently called him out. "This is the third round of a single tax reform," he said, adding that the reform was launched because of a high public debt.

ZAGREB, September 26, 2018 - Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Wednesday that the government's tax changes would reduce, over a period of three years, the tax burden on citizens and businesses in the amount of some 6.3 billion kuna, and that given that there was no tax change that could increase the net income for citizens with below-average wages, he was proposing expanding the scope of products to be taxed by a lower, 13% VAT rate.

ZAGREB, September 21, 2018 - In 2016, Croatia was among the three most successful EU countries in terms of VAT collection, along with Luxembourg and Sweden, shows a study published by the European Commission on Friday.

ZAGREB, September 20, 2018 - The government on Thursday forwarded amendments to nine tax laws to parliament, including the VAT Act which should enable the easing of tax burden as of the start of 2019, and the effects of these changes are estimated at 1.4 billion kuna by expanding the lower VAT rate of 13%.

ZAGREB, August 22, 2018 - The government does not wish to additionally tax entrepreneurs and all criticisms of amendments to several tax laws can be analysed at the government and in parliament after the ongoing public consultation, Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Tuesday.