Government Resigns Tax, Not for Albanian Valley Companies

So said Presevo Committee Chairman Shqim Arifi.

The Arifi tax decision calls it a constant Kosovo demand for reciprocity with Serbia, but says these political developments have a negative direct impact on developments in the Valley.

He has requested the establishment of a National Solidarity Fund” for the Presevo Valley to help Albanians in that part decide on any decision that could have a negative effect on them between the two states.

The deterioration of the political situation between the Republic of Kosovo and Serbia has direct consequences even in the Presevo Valley”, Arifi has said.

He says that according to information he has received in the media, the Government of Kosovo in its decision has placed a special annex in which Albanian companies from Presevo Valley, which are tax-free.

“According to media reports, leading exporter companies in the Republic of Kosovo with a special annex have left this tax, while contacting smaller local companies to calculate their problems regarding the tax in question”, Arifi added.

But such a thing has denied government first economics adviser Haki Shatri.

In addition to not having an annex barring Albanian Presevo Valley companies from the tax, the prime minister's adviser hints that this will not happen in the future either, as such an act would have a negative effect on the decision taken.

For the Presevo Valley there is no “We haven't taken any stand yet. That's more subtle. Once I get in with the exception, it's pretty good that the decision is made. We haven't taken any stand on this case”, Hakki Shatri said about Express.

In the meantime, neither is it up to the list of foreign companies operating in Serbia and being excluded from taxes, Shatri says that list could be met further if any companies have been forgotten.

Haradinaj's government's 100 per cent tax decision on Serbian products has prompted severe reactions by Serbian heads of state who have called for the immediate removal of this tax, as they say would have a negative impact on Serbia's economy.

Even from the European Union, it is required to reverse this decision, as they claim it is contrary to the CEFTA agreement.

However, no decision has been made by CEFTA, which states such a decision constitutes violations of the agreement.