Coefficients or Loss: New Attempt at UIO Steering Board Session Today

(Patria) - The Steering Board of the Indirect Taxation Authority (UIO) of BiH will hold its 2nd extraordinary session today at the UIO BiH headquarters in Banja Luka.

According to the proposed agenda, the session will consider the Proposal for the Rulebook on Amendments and Supplements to the Rulebook on Internal Organization in the UIO related to the Gradiška Border Crossing, and the decision on the distribution of revenue from road tolls for highways and roads.

The UIO Steering Board will consider the decision on determining temporary coefficients for the distribution of funds from the Single Account for the period October – December 2025 and proposals for decisions on temporary settlements between entities for 2023, 2024, and 2025.

The UIO Steering Board member representing the Government of FBiH as an expert is Zijad Krnjić. He has twice refused to support the Rulebook until coefficients for the distribution of funds and settlements between entities are determined. Currently, FBiH is at a loss of approximately 120 million KM.

The last coefficients were determined in the second half of 2023.

Due to non-compliance with the law, the Federation of BiH, through the Federal Legal Affairs Service, has sued the entity of RS and the UIO BiH Steering Board. The lawsuit sought the payment of almost 73 million KM, with the actual damage to the Federation of BiH entity to be determined by court expert examination.

The UIO BiH Steering Board consists of Srđan Amidžić, Chairman of the Steering Board and Minister of Finance and Treasury of BiH, Toni Kraljević, Minister of Finance of FBiH, Zora Vidović, Minister of Finance of RS, Jelena Popović, expert from Republika Srpska, Zijad Krnjić, expert from FBiH, while the position of expert from the Council of Ministers of BiH is vacant.