The Finance Minister, Slavko Linic, is in consultations with the IMF and the World Bank to help him in preparing and introducing the property tax.
The expert group formed by the Minister has not yet prepared a draft bill on the property tax. The biggest problem in the process are unregulated cadastre books. At least half of the property is not yet enlisted in the cadastre registry, Vecernji list daily reported.
Experts say that the property tax is one of the most complicated tax bills, because it requires good preparation, a capable tax register and service, a well-structured cadastre, and excellent administration. Countries that had introduced such a tax earlier, had been preparing it for years, Vecernji List added.
‘One gets the impression that the Minister wants the tax introduced, regardless of the number of open issues to be dealt with later’, Vecernji List concluded.