Nermaย ฤolakoviฤ-Prguda – Faculty of Law, University of Dลพemal Bijediฤ Mostar, Sjeverni logor bb, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Keywords:
Taxes;
Tax system;
Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Fiscal policy
Abstract: The paper deals with taxes and the tax system in Bosnia and Herยญzegovina. Modern tax systems are based on taxation of income and conยญsumption. For developing countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina, the taxยญation of consumption is more dominant than the taxation of income. This means that in such countries the participation of indirect taxes concerning direct taxes is higher. The basic taxation categories in Bosnia and Herzegoยญvina are corporate income tax, personal income tax, value-added tax, soยญcial security contributions, and excises. The taxation system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is characterized by low tax rates. Personal income tax is paid at the rate of 10% which means that we have proportional tax rates. But soยญcial security rates are high as follows (employeeโs share): 17% for pension inยญsurance, 12,5% for health insurance and 1,5% for health insurance. We need some fiscal reforms within fiscal policy if we want to have higher salaries and standard of living.
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9th International Scientific-Business Conference – LIMEN 2023 – Leadership, Innovation, Management and Economics: Integrated Politics of Research – CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, Hybrid (Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria), December 7, 2023
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ฤolakoviฤ-Prguda, N. (2023). Tax System in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), International Scientific-Business Conference – LIMEN 2023: Vol 9. Conference Proceedings (pp. 193-199). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/LIMEN.2023.193
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