“This is another important gesture, similar to the one we did at the time of measures which applied to the COVID-19 pandemic. These donations won’t be burdened with either profit or income tax, they will represent tax breaks,” Plenkovic said at a cabinet meeting.
At the end of last year, the Croatian Employers Association asked the government to stop charging taxes on donations for quake-hit areas, primarily VAT on the delivery of goods and services. Monetary donations are exempt from VAT but those in the form of goods and services are not.
A few days ago, the Voice of Entrepreneurs association asked the government to exempt from VAT the firms that have been unselfishly helping the people of Sisak-Moslavina County affected by the 29 December tremor.