The stone key to mouth- Minister Murati forgets the promise of removing tax charges for businesses

After more than three years of governance, Finance Minister Iron Murati has failed to deliver his promises to remove <x0monpole and tribute” on the Kosovo fiscal crate market, an issue that had been at the centre of the Vetevendosje Movement campaign in the 2021 elections.

In his earlier statements, Murati had stressed the importance of supporting businesses and had promised that with Vetevendosje's coming to power, harmful practices would be eliminated, as he had said, that hinder market development.

The Arch of the fiscal crates will be removed, because the state should be at the side of businesses, not service of interest groups. With Vetevendosje movement removed the extortion monopolies”, it had been Murat's commitment to the campaign.

He had voiced commitment to creating a more favourable environment for businesses by removing the interventions of interest groups.

However, although it has been talked about an administrative directive that would regulate this sector, no concrete action has been taken so far.

This has left the market to continue with high prices for Fiscal Electronic Equipment (PEF), which currently range from 220 euros for fiscal mobile crates to 4,070 euros for fiscal derivative systems.

In Kosovo, four companies are licensed for PEF: Gekos, Duguagjini, Enternet, and Service Global.

High prices of such equipment have raised concerns in businesses, which consider it a major obstacle to their operation.

Agim Sahin: Kosovo's government has failed to fulfil its promises, it should create opportunities for the state to buy fiscal crates for businesses

Agim Sahin, chairman of the Kosovo Alliance of Business (AKB), in a statement for FrontOnline criticises the Kosovo Government's failure in fulfilling promises of support for business and citizens.

The government of Kosovo, which has come with great promises for business, economy, citizens, has failed to fulfill its promises, Sahin said.

He stresses that the country's economy is in a difficult situation, with the labour market and impoverished citizens. According to him, international reports speak of the creation of powerful economic, political and business monopolies that undermine market competitiveness.

Today the country's economy is in poor shape, the labour market is poor, the citizen is poor. This is said in international reports, and powerful economic, political and business monopolies are being created, Sahin told FrontOnline.

Sahin criticises the government for failing to intervene in the creation of a favourable environment for businesses and high taxes that are burdening the situation further and mentions increasing property tax by 200-300% from January next year, making it the highest tax in the country.

As for fiscal cash equipment, he stresses that the process should be continuous and the state should create opportunities for the purchase of fiscal crates, while strict measures must be taken against those not using them properly.

The equipment with the fiscal crates is the process that needs to be done constantly, and it should be possible for the state to buy the crates, while those who find them without the ark to take action against them, Sahin said.

Sahin stresses that citizens are obliged to buy fiscal cases at high prices, but feel abandoned by the state in use controls. This situation has resulted in an increase in formalities, with many businesses that have fiscal cases, but some of them only use it as decor.

Since citizens are forced to buy the crates and buy them at high prices then the state forces them to buy them for but not with I checked so the informality in Kosovo is high because most of them have fiscal cases and they use them well but there are also those holding them for decorations, Shahini concludes.

Ferat Shala: Minister Murati has not kept any promises to businesses

Parliamentary Commission for Economy Chairman Ferat Shala, in a proposal for FrontOnline criticised Finance Minister Hekuran Murati, stressing that he has not fulfilled any of the promises he made during the campaign.

It is true that the government has either upheld no promises made during his campaign or even in progress, Shala said.

Shala said the government has failed to offer solutions to the fiscal cash supply problem, stressing that the situation has deteriorated instead of improving. He accused Mqira that, in addition to failing to regulate the market, he has increased tax on business property, making it more difficult for them to operate.

It has not only not helped businesses with solving the problem of fiscal cash supply and changing supply methodology, but it has exacerbated the business situation by increasing property tax for businesses, Shala declares.

Shala stressed that the government has made no real efforts to create a more favourable environment for businesses and ended up saying the current government has made doing business difficult

In essence, no real priority has been made for citizens to enjoy, and this government has made doing business and business operating difficult, Shala concludes.