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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Taxes

If you want to start a business in Bosnia and Herzegovina, you have to know about taxation for a LLC (DOO) which is the most common company type in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina taxes income on a worldwide basis. The established percentage for offshore income, from our research, and your results may vary, is 10%. Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have known exemptions to bring in offshore income made internationally. Taxes are quite low in Bosnia and Herzegovina as the rate which a LLC (DOO) will pay tax is 10%. This ranks Bosnia and Herzegovina as 31st overall with regards to corp. taxation rate internationally.

The valued added tax rate in BA is 17.00%, that ranks Bosnia and Herzegovina as 109th overall with regards to value added tax rate worldwide. In terms of other taxation, an employer will contribute 10.5% to the equivalent of a social security fund and an employee will contribute 31%. The overall complexity of the tax system is medium. This is measured by average time to comply with a country's labor tax requirements is as it is 81hours. Contributing to this is the number of yearly labor tax payments, which is 11 in BA.

Thin capitalization standards are in force. Thin capitalisation refers to any sort of laws on companies' debt-to-asset ratios. Dividends received from a resident entity are tax-exempted. Dividends from foreign entities are usually subject to CIT, but foreign tax expenses may be credited against total tax liability. A dividend is a payment of a company profit, decided by the board of directors, to a particular class of shareholders. Dividends can be either stock, cash, or property. Capital Gains are included in Corporate Income Tax base. A capital gains tax is levied on the profits that a corporation or natural person realizes when he or she sells sells a capital asset for a price that is higher than the purchase price.

The interest withholding tax rate is estimated at 10%. This means that the tax authorities expects LLC (DOO)'s to withhold 10% of interest payments made to non-residents. The dividends withholding tax rate is 5%. This should be interpreted that usually the relevant tax authorities expects LLC (DOO)'s to pay 5% tax of dividend payments to non-residents. The royalties withholding tax rate is 10%. This means that the relevant tax authorities expects legal entities to pay 10% tax of royalty payments remitted abroad. Taxes may be reduced or exempted under a tax treaty.
There is no known tax on wealth in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are inheritance, transfer and real property taxes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are not aware of any frequently implemented R&D initiatives that provide tax relief in this country.

The above is not tax or legal advice for your individual facts and circumstances. We are able to to point you to a tax advisor in Bosnia and Herzegovina who can help you. Want to work together? Click incorporate now if you are in a hurry, or press the free consultation button above.

Country details

Bosnia and Herzegovina
BAM
Sarajevo
Europe
bs, hr-BA, sr-BA
4,590,000

Tax treaties

Country Type Date Signed
Norway DTC  1983-09-01
Czech Republic DTC  2007-11-20
France DTC  1974-03-28
Malaysia DTC  2007-06-21
Germany DTC  1987-03-26
Azerbaijan DTC  2012-10-18
Italy DTC  1982-02-24
Slovenia DTC  2006-05-16
Croatia DTC  2004-06-07
Spain DTC  2008-02-05
Poland DTC  1985-01-10
Austria DTC  2010-12-16
Qatar DTC  2010-07-21
Slovakia DTC  1981-11-02
Hungary DTC  1985-10-17
Netherlands DTC  1982-02-22
Albania DTC  2008-06-17
Sweden DTC  1980-06-18
Finland DTC  1986-05-08
China DTC  1988-12-02
United Kingdom DTC  1981-11-06
Belgium DTC  1980-11-21
Pakistan DTC  2004-08-24
Turkey DTC  2005-02-16
Ireland DTC  2009-11-03
Romania DTC  1986-04-29
United Arab Emirates DTC  2006-09-18

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