House of Peoples of PS BiH Convenes: Salary Increases, Excise Tax Abolition, VAT Rate Amendments...

SARAJEVO, (Patria) – The session of the House of Peoples of PS BiH tomorrow will consider several legal solutions, including the abolition of excise taxes and a reduction or change in the value-added tax rate, with a different rate for basic foodstuffs, medicines, and baby food which would be five percent, while luxury goods, cars, expensive jewelry and watches, furs... would be taxed at 22 percent.

The Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina has determined conformity with the Constitution of BiH and the legal system of BiH, and the principles of the Bill on Amendments to the Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, proposed by the Council of Ministers of BiH, have been supported.

The Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the House of Peoples has determined conformity with the Constitution of BiH and the legal system of BiH for the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Value Added Tax, proposed by the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Also on the agenda is the notification from the Joint Collegium of both houses of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH of 09.03.2022, calling on the Council of Ministers of BiH and the Fiscal Council of BiH to initiate the procedure for adopting key fiscal and budgetary documents of BiH as soon as possible.

Delegates will also consider the Request from the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH for the urgent consideration of the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Salaries and Benefits in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which would increase salaries for certain categories of employees in institutions, whose current salaries range from 450 to 900 KM. This law was adopted in the House of Representatives of PS BiH.

On the agenda is also the Request from the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH for the urgent consideration of the Bill on Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement (P.Z.E.I.), proposed by the Council of Ministers of BiH.

Also on the agenda is the Bill on Amendments to the Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (P.Z.E.I.).

On the agenda is also the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Financing of BiH Institutions, the Bill on Amendments to the Law on the Council of Ministers of BiH.

Given that at the session held on 16.03.2022, there was no entity majority for the adoption of the law on amendments to the law on excise taxes proposing their abolition, the session tomorrow will consider the Report of the Collegium Committee on efforts to reach consensus on the request of the House of Representatives for the urgent consideration of the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Excise Duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with Article 124 of the Rules of Procedure of the House of Peoples.