Freelancers are waiting for the tax refund, the finance department is asking for an explanation from the Constitutional Court on how to do the process. What the businesses themselves propose

2024-09-10 11:07:15Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Freelancers are waiting for the tax refund, the finance department is asking for

The government is ready to refund to the self-employed the tax paid under the new income tax law, after the article that taxed this category was repealed by the Constitutional Court.

However, in order to undertake this initiative, the Minister of Finance, Petrit Malaj, during the discussions on the normative act in the Legal Affairs Committee, emphasized that it will be necessary to wait for the completion of the decision of the Constitutional Court.

"You keep millions of euros from these citizens, why don't you take an initiative to return this business tax that is unjustly in your coffers?

"The government has the will to return these funds, we have asked the Constitutional Court to interpret what we should do. After the opinion of the Constitutional Court, we will take a decision on what we will do, the will of the government is to return these funds following the legal framework".

"One article in the relevant law is enough and we don't need to waste time. Does it seem like an attempt to drag this issue out?

After more than two months from the decision of the Constitutional Court to repeal the article in the income tax law which taxed self-employed professionals at a rate of 15-23 percent, the way has not yet been found for the reimbursement of those businesses that have paid the obligation.

What does the business propose for the tax return?

Specialists in the field say that this is an atypical legal situation and it is still not possible to reach a conclusion on how to act, but there are several legal alternatives for the return of payments. According to them, the Ministry of Finance and Economy in accordance with Article 75 of Law No. 9920 "On Tax Procedures" can issue an Instruction or KM a VKM for the return of taxes paid. Otherwise, taxpayers will wait until March 31, 2025 to submit the declaration of income and expenses and within the respective deadlines they can request a refund of the overpaid tax, because the tax will be zero and in the meantime the prepaid installments will be released. as credit surplus.

 

 


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