SAE suggests to the Serbian government: Package 5+3 for revitalization of the economy

The Serbian Association of Employers (SAE) sent Serbian government the proposal of a Package of 5+3 measures, for revitalizing the economy and minimizing the impact of the pandemic on the national economy. Welcoming the Government’s measures to date, to support the economy, SAE proposes:

1. Reduction of VAT in the field that suffered the most, tourism and catering industry respectively, to 10%
2. Payment of VAT upon the realized invoice, starting from January 1^st, 2021
3. Abolition of the obligation to document the non-taxed costs of transportation fees for the arrival and departure of employees from work
4. Reduction of local utility fees by 30%, such as, for example, tax on business signs
5. Postponement of the payment of the ecology tax until April 1^st, 2021

The following proposals were sent to the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs:

1. To enable employees to use last year’s annual leave after June 30^th of the current year, and if that same vacation is used in parts, there should not be a two-week minimum rule for it;
2. That the salary compensation due to temporary incapacity for work for a period of 30 days is at the expense of the Health Fund of the Republic of Serbia, and not at the expense of the employer;
3. To simplify the procedure for giving consent of the competent minister in case the employer has the need to send the employee on leave for more than 45 working days, with a salary compensation of 60%, due to work interruption or reduced workload.

Izvor: BIZLife

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