The Rulebook on Fiscal Accounts Has Been Amended

Amendments to the Rulebook on Fiscal Accounts entered into force on the day of publication in the Official Gazette. glasnik RS, No. 50/22 of 28 April 2022.
According to the amended Article 6, paragraph 1, item 1) of the Ordinance, the taxpayer, via an electronic fiscal device, within the data on the method of payment on the fiscal account, depending on the means of payment by which the buyer pays for delivered goods or services, states CASH if payment performs:
• cash (banknotes and coins),
• instant transfer of approval at the point of sale,
• payment card and
• check.

Therefore, the taxpayer through the electronic fiscal device, within the data on the method of payment, on the fiscal invoice states one of the following data, depending on the means of payment:
• cash – if payment is made in cash, instant transfer of approval at the point of sale, payment card and check
• transfer to account – if payment is made by payment order or transfer order
• voucher – if payment is made by voucher, voucher, internal card or similar means of payment
• other non-cash payment – if the payment is made non-cash by another means of payment that is considered allowed in the Republic of Serbia.

In case the customer pays using more than one method of payment, the taxpayer, through the electronic fiscal device, within the data on the method of payment, may specify more data on the fiscal invoice, and is obliged to show the amounts paid divided by individual methods. payments.

Also, the Decree on determining the activities for which there is no obligation to record retail trade via electronic fiscal device was amended, which extended the transitional period for sellers on market stalls and similar facilities during which they have no obligation to record retail turnover via electronic fiscal device until the end of 2022.

Tax relief for salaries of persons engaged in research and development

The Rulebook on the conditions and manner of exercising the right to tax exemption based on the salary of employees in research and development, which entered into force on April 16, 2022, has been published. year, according to Article 21i of the Law on Personal Income Tax. According to that article, which has been in force since March 1, 2022. Employer – a legal entity, which within its activities in Serbia conducts research and development, is released from the obligation to pay 70% of calculated and suspended tax from the salary of persons directly engaged in research and development, in proportion to the time such persons prove in the work research. and full-time development.


The right to tax exemption is exercised exclusively on the basis of research and development projects carried out on the territory of Serbia (at least 90% of all employees on research and development, their activities on project implementation are performed on the territory of Serbia). Exceptionally, the project will be considered completed on the territory of Serbia, even if some of its parts are performed outside the territory of Serbia, provided that the relocation of activities is caused by special physical, geographical or natural factors that cannot be provided in Serbia.

THE ARCHIVE OF THE CITY OF BELGRADE DOES NOT RECEIVE NEW DOCUMENTATION UNTIL FURTHER

Due to the extremely large number of requests received so far for approval of the List of categories of archival material and documentary material with retention periods, as well as approaching the legal deadline for submitting transcripts of archival books, and due to lack of adequate technical and personnel capacity, the Historical Archive of Belgrade until further notice, it receives new documentation, in the only way applied so far – exclusively in writing.

In order to adequately solve this problem, at the moment, in cooperation with eGovernment, we are working on establishing an adequate e-service that will receive documentation in electronic form.

Until all creators and holders have the opportunity to submit the mentioned documentation related to the Law on Archival Material and Archival Activities, the Archives of Belgrade will not implement the punitive measures specified by the Law on this issue.

Requests received so far are continuously processed and delivered in accordance with the mentioned possibilities.

Explanation regarding the annual personal income tax for 2021.

An explanation regarding the annual personal income tax for 2021 has been published on the website of the Ministry of Finance.

The taxpayer of the annual personal income tax for 2021 shall submit the tax return on the PPDG-2R form to the competent tax authority by May 16, 2022.

You can view the text of the Explanation here.

NEW DEMO VERSION OF THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE SYSTEM AVAILABLE

A new demo version of the Electronic Invoice System is available at: demoefaktura.mfin.gov.rs
All private sector entities are invited to register for the new demo version of the Electronic Invoice System.
The production version of the Electronic Invoice System is available at: efaktura.mfin.gov.rs
From the moment of registration, they apply all rights and obligations prescribed by the Law on Electronic Invoicing (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 44/21 and 129/21). Among other things, this means that all sent and received electronic invoices have the status of authentic documents.

Important notes:
The generated API key refers exclusively to the environment in which it was generated.

All additional information related to:

  1. Updated internal technical manual
  2. Updated specification of the adapted application of standard EN 16931-1
  3. Updated examples of XML files according to UBL1 standard
    They can be downloaded from the section Instructions / Instructions and Specifications of the portal www.efaktura.gov.rs

NEW FORM PPDG-2R

In the Official Gazette of RS no. 33 from 11.3.2022. The Rulebook on Amendments to the Rulebook on Forms of Tax Reports for Determining Personal Income Tax Payable by Decision was published, and it entered into force on March 19, 2022.

An amended form PPDG-2R and a new way of filling out the form were introduced, due to amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax from 2021, which prescribes a reduction in annual income for persons under 40 years of age.

You can download the new form HERE.

ANNUAL CITIZEN INCOME TAX FOR 2021

Individuals who earned more than 3,268,224 dinars in 2021 have the obligation to file a tax return for the annual personal income tax and pay the tax.

More details: Tax Alert 26.02.2022.