
Increasing the tax burden, otherwise known as The Dead Cat Strategy (Lynton Xrosby and later Boris Johnson), to cover up the major problem of mass protests in the country!
Individuals or businesses that are formalized and regularly pay their legal tax obligations also bear the burden of the increasing tax pressure.
According to the US Department of State, in Albania, around 1 to 1.5 billion euros are injected into the economy from the lek that originates from crime, drugs, and corruption.
According to the IMF and the World Bank, Albania has a Tax Gap of 30-33% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), or 1.2 - 1.5 billion euros, that is not collected.
The official budget for 2026 was around 9 billion euros, and the government's goal with the latest proposals is to bring it to 10 billion euros, so from January 1, 2027, we will pay more taxes to the tune of around 1 billion euros.
For 2025, the non-realization or non-spending of public investments and total funds amounts to around 200 million euros, while with taxes and changes to the proposed fiscal burden alone, it is claimed that an additional 150 million euros will be taken from the pockets of tax contributors.
Why was there a need to increase fiscal pressure right now when the entire country is protesting against the Government?
Why, on the one hand, have revenues been collected, budgeted but not spent to the value of around 200 million euros, and, on the other hand, is the fiscal burden increasing only for those who are formalized and who officially contribute to the state budget?
Read the theory of "The Dead Cat Strategy" and you will understand the connection to the political situation in the country!