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Belgrade – There are numerous reactions to the announcement by the Tax Administration that so-called freelancers and YouTubers have to pay taxes.
Source: RTS
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Authorities say that reporting and paying foreign income taxes is nothing new, and that the Tax Administration has now only announced how it has identified those who do not.
The tax agency asked them to fill out the self-assessment form, in order to avoid penalties that could be curves.
From gambling winners, YouTubers, influencers, language teachers, and door-to-door sales professionals, everyone would have to pay taxes. The Tax Administration says they insist on volunteering, although they now have a mechanism to find out who deliberately violated that obligation.
“By collecting data from commercial banks and filing tax returns, the Tax Administration determined a high degree of non-compliance with tax regulations, that is, only 0.34 percent of taxpayers in a previous period filed returns,” he says. Nataa Risti from the Department of Strategic Risks of the Tax Administration. .
Accounting agencies also agree that this tax was avoided. However, they say the number of their clients who engage in these types of businesses has grown by as much as 20 percent annually in recent years, RTS reported.
The owner of an accounting agency, Milan Trbojevi, notes that his phone has been full of calls in the last two days.
“People now don’t know whether or not they should pay back, and they don’t know that all taxes and contributions can be calculated for them five years ago,” adds Trbojevi.
After that period, the debt becomes obsolete. He pays a fine of five to 150,000 dinars and half the tax evaded due to the violation. Evasion of more than 500,000 dinars is a crime with the possibility of imprisonment.
The evasion of more than half a million dinars carries guilt
Nataa Risti warns that the taxpayer is obliged to file a tax return and pay their obligations 30 days after having obtained income from abroad.
According to the National Bank, the total income from exports of services of our economy in the last seven years has almost doubled.
The entry by export of services of natural persons increased from ninety-two million euros in 2012 to 167,600,000 euros in 2019, representing an increase of 82 percent, said the National Bank in a statement.
The tax base is gross income, which is reduced from 20 to 50 percent, depending on the activity. A 20 percent tax and social contributions are calculated on that basis.
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