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The president of the Association of Internet Workers, Miran Pogacar, said that they would come out to protest, block cities, institutions and demolish their sites if representatives of the competent authorities of Serbia do not start negotiations with them on the taxation announced at the end of last year. .
He said that due to the decision of the State to retroactively collect taxes and contributions on the income of the “self-employed” for the previous six years, with the refusal to negotiate with them in this regard.
“You blocked our lives, we will block your life and your work,” Pogacar warned state authorities.
Pogacar called the state’s intention to collect “huge sums of taxes” as “a robbery from people who stayed in their country to fight and work.”
According to him, so far, the “self-employed” have received 40 tax decisions and 2,000 calls, in addition to two warnings before the forced collection.
“The state is responsible for this situation because it did not apply the law. We do not intend to be to blame for his tricks, “Pogačar said.
He invited citizens to join them in the protest on Saturday, January 16 at 3 pm, in front of the Serbian Parliament.
Vladimir Ilic, who has been “self-employed” for six years and suffers from multiple sclerosis, said the state asked him to pay six million dinars in taxes and contributions over four years, and earned eight million dinars during that time, of which eight people lived.
“Now I have a solution for a terrible and uncollectible amount. That is why my state of health has deteriorated, because stress is the main trigger for my illness, ”he said.
He noted that he had previously asked if he should pay taxes and that based on his income, he was told to pay only when his annual income reached the six median salary level, and believed he had been misled.
“The only thing left for me is to sue the State and the Tax Administration,” said Ilic.
Lawyer Katarina Pavlović said that some of the “freelancers,” those who teach English through Japanese and Chinese companies, have low incomes and were never told what their home country expected of them.
He also said that some of them worked illegally for Serbian companies and some foreign embassies.
“The state really cares about these people,” he said.
Katarina Stanojević said that the state “presented them as criminals, and they are just fighting and working.” “I did not evade taxes. I am not a criminal. My cheek is clean,” he said.
