Tax Administration of FBiH: Number of employees decreased by 13,842 from March 16 to April 3

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The Tax Administration of the Federation of BiH informs the public that taxpayers in the Federation of BiH paid 1,280,859,055 BAM in public revenues for which the Tax Administration of the Federation of BiH is competent in the period January – March 2020, which is 67,668,784 BAM less compared to the same period last year.

In the structure of direct taxes for the period January – March 2020: income tax was collected in the amount of 105,918,998 BAM, and for the month of March 35,398,600 BAM; fees and taxes were collected in the amount of 108,003,911 BAM, and for the month of March 26,290,048 BAM; profit tax was collected in the amount of 82,752,502 BAM, and for the month of March 32,811,345 BAM; special fees were collected in the amount of 49,735,337 BAM, and for the month of March 17,307,861 BAM; property tax was collected in the amount of 31,865,098 BAM, and for the month of March 6,629,582 BAM; fines were collected in the amount of 11,709,937 BAM, and for the month of March 3,399,311 BAM; other taxes were collected in the amount of 165,572 BAM, and for the month of March 38,663 BAM.

In the period January – March 2020, contributions for pension and disability insurance, health insurance, and contributions for unemployment were collected in the total amount of 889,273,844 BAM, and for the month of March 290,550,292 BAM. In the structure of contributions for the period January – March 2020, the following were collected: contributions for PIO/MIO were collected in the amount of 496,468,042 BAM, and for the month of March 160,816,263 BAM; contributions for health insurance were collected in the amount of 351,729,617 BAM, and for the month of March 116,233,184 BAM; contributions for unemployment insurance were collected in the amount of 41,076,185 BAM, and in the month of March 13,500,844 BAM.

Number of Employees in the Federation of BiH

According to official records from the Unified System of Registration, Control, and Collection of Contributions, the number of employees in the Federation of BiH according to the place of residence of the employee on March 31, 2020, was 528,476, which is 3,474 employees less than on February 29, 2020.

The number of employees on April 3, 2020, was 520,641, and compared to February 29, 2020, the number of employees decreased by 11,309.

On April 3, 2020, the number of employees was 520,641, and compared to March 16, 2020, it decreased by 13,842 employees.

The Tax Administration thanks all taxpayers who duly fulfill their tax obligations and invites all taxpayers to do business legally, to use their money for business improvement, investments, development, for paying employee salaries, and not to spend hard-earned money on paying fines and interest. The Tax Administration invites taxpayers to fulfill their obligations on time, to report and pay them voluntarily, to report every worker, i.e., to do business in accordance with tax and other applicable regulations, as this is the best and safest way of doing business.

The Tax Administration will assist taxpayers who show that they intend and wish to fulfill all their tax obligations in every way, and will show determination to take all measures against taxpayers who wish to avoid them, and through the undertaken measures and activities, direct these taxpayers towards legal conduct. The Tax Administration wants to be a partner to taxpayers and build transparent relationships based on applicable laws.

The Tax Administration thanks all media outlets for their cooperation. Through your reporting on our work, you have contributed to the more transparent work of the Tax Administration and raised the overall awareness of taxpayers to settle their obligations. We invite you to continue following the work of the Tax Administration.

The Tax Administration invites the accounting and auditing profession to work in a way that serves the public interest and to act in accordance with applicable laws, as well as to refrain from any behavior that may harm the public interest and be detrimental to the accounting and auditing profession.

The responsibility of an accountant is not solely to satisfy the needs of an individual employer, but to act in accordance with applicable regulations and thus act in the public interest. Your profession can and should play a significant role in preventing illegal activities of taxpayers and responsible persons, by influencing these persons through your advice and actions not to commit illegal acts, and to report those who do so to the Tax Administration. In order not to be participants in committing illegal activities, we invite you to report all illegal activities related to tax evasion or non-payment of public revenues by taxpayers for whom you perform activities to the Tax Administration.

Be a partner and ally of the Tax Administration in the fight against illegal business operations. The Tax Administration of the Federation of BiH invites notaries in the Federation of BiH, as holders of public service, when performing legal transactions concerning the transfer or acquisition of ownership or other real rights, to pay attention to the legal conditions that must be met for unimpeded transactions and thus work for the benefit of the legal system and all citizens.
The Tax Administration invites the notary service to, in order to more effectively implement the law when drafting sales contracts, also consider the provisions of: Article 55 of the Law on Profit Tax, Article 18 paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Law on Financial Operations, and Article 31 paragraph 1 of the Law on the Tax Administration of the Federation of BiH, and thus avoid the risk of non-compliance with the law by concluding contracts.

Be a partner of the Tax Administration in respecting tax laws.

The Tax Administration of the Federation of BiH invites all workers working illegally to inform the Tax Administration about it. The Tax Administration will consider all reports seriously and thoroughly and act upon them in accordance with the law, its competences, and available capacities, and will undertake all measures at its disposal to ensure that employers register their workers. Only in this way will you be able to realize your legally guaranteed rights: the right to health care, the right to pension and disability insurance, and other rights that belong to you based on employment.

Take a step and help yourself. The Tax Administration is determined to help you! Are you determined to help yourself? Be a partner of the Tax Administration in preventing undeclared work! Dear workers, especially young people, this is your homeland and you should stay in it and be happy, not disenfranchised, humiliated, and exploited.

Do not allow your rights and happiness to be diminished by those who do not register you and do not pay taxes and contributions, thus deceiving both you and the state, while increasing their wealth. Taxes and contributions are also your money.

Together, let's make society fairer.
Every report will be treated with full discretion, and reports can be submitted anonymously via:
 email: [email protected] and [email protected],
 SMS message to mobile number 061 724 610,
 free call to number 080 020 333 and
 mail to Husrefa Redžića 4, Sarajevo, with the indication "Irregularities".