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Amendments of 6 tax laws came into force on 30 May 2013. The amended laws regulate personal income tax, property tax, corporate income tax, tax procedures, mandatory social insurance contributions and excise taxes.

Amendments to the Law on Tax Procedure prescribes mandatory application of opinions, explanations, instructions and directions given by the Minister of Finance in the procedures of Tax Administration.

Public call for grants under the Program of supports of innovative fast-growing companies is opened till 7 May 2013.

The website of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Serbia published a working paper on incentives and support for the software industry and IT services in Serbia in four segments: start-up, outsourcing, development and export of original software products, development of centers of large multinational companies.

The latest amendments to the VAT Law, significantly broadens the scope of VAT reimbursement to foreign taxpayers in Serbia.

Minister of Finance and Economy of Serbia has adopted Rulebook on the list of jurisdictions with a preferential tax regime (Rulebook).

Minister of Finance and Economy has adopted the Rulebook on terms, conditions, manner and procedure for exercising the right to dicount (Serbian: „refakcija“) the excise tax on petroleum products under Article 9 Paragraph 1 item. 3), 5) and 6) of the Excise, which are used for transportation purposes, for freight transport in the inner river for agricultural purposes, for heating and industrial purposes (Rulebook), which was published in ”Fig. Gazette of RS ”no. 112/2012 of 27.11.2012.

The Serbian government at its session on 16.11.2012 adopted a set of draft laws aimed at fiscal consolidation of Serbia. The most important draft laws are Law on conditional write-off of interest and tax debt and the Law on the terms of settlement of financial obligations in commercial transactions.

Amendments to the Rulebook provide that the excise license can be obtained for manufacturing plant, as well as the space that was previously registered as a customs warehouse.