ZAGREB, July 3, 2018 - The relevant cabinet ministers presented outlines of the pension reform plan and the second phase of the tax reform to the leadership of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party on Monday evening, Prime Minister and HDZ leader Andrej Plenković told the press after a three-hour meeting of the HDZ presidency and national council.

ZAGREB, July 2, 2018 – Croatian Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Monday that a set of tax reform bills had been finalised, that it was being discussed by the government and the coalition partners, and that new tax breaks would be introduced on 1 January 2019.

ZAGREB, June 29, 2018 - The Croatian taxpayer with average income works half a year for the state and another half for themselves and their family, the Lipa taxpayers association said on Friday in a statement marking the Tax Freedom Day, which this year falls on July 1.

ZAGREB, June 21, 2018 - The Tourism Ministry has proposed introducing, as of 2019, a higher tourist (sojourn) tax during the peak season, and under the proposal, the tax would be raised from 8 kuna to 10 kuna per person per night.

ZAGREB, June 15, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday work was underway on a tax reform in which cutting VAT by one percentage point would not be the only measure, but one of a set that wouldn't put budget revenues at risk.

ZAGREB, May 19, 2018 - Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Friday that the Finance Ministry was aware of the potential negative effect of Agrokor, but that risks were much more pronounced elsewhere, for example in Petrokemija and Uljanik, adding that solutions were being sought and the negative effects were being calculated in the budget while at the same time efforts were being made to protect public finances.

ZAGREB, April 26, 2018 - A comprehensive pension system reform with the statutory retirement age being gradually raised to 67, further easing of the tax burden and removal of administrative barriers, the continuation of the merger of hospitals and the establishment of a national clinical hospital for children as well as new legislation on public sector workers' salaries are some of the measures in a 130-page National Reform Programme approved by the Croatian government on Thursday.

ZAGREB, April 21, 2018 - The leader of the Croatian People's Party (HNS) Ivan Vrdoljak said on Saturday that he expected the Finance Ministry to reduce tax pressure and announced talks with the government on the advantages of a vertical reduction of tax burdens or a horizontal decrease of Value Added Tax (VAT) by one or two percent.

There is one common feature: governments like to talk about lower taxes, but rarely fulfil their promises.

ZAGREB, March 21, 2018 - Without tax exemptions and differential tax rates, standard Value Added Tax could (VAT) be reduced to 20%, provided that the pension system and public healthcare are overhauled in parallel, the head of the Tax Administration Zdravko Zrinušić said at a working lunch with the Croatian Employers' Association (HUP) in Zagreb on Wednesday.