The Wings of Hope Foundation held a workshop “Public Debt and the Tax System in Bosnia and Herzegovina” on 22 October 2018 at the EU Info Centre in Sarajevo, within the framework of the project “CSOs as Equal Partners in Monitoring Public Finance.”
During the workshop, discussions were held with representatives of the BiH Ministry of Finance, the Tax Administration and civil society organisations from Bosnia and Herzegovina on how to resolve the unsustainable levels of public debt in BiH and whether it is possible to reduce tax inequality in BiH.
Andreja Živković, one of the authors of the analysis on the tax system, believes that regardless of the reforms that have taken place in our tax system, it is still based on the taxation of consumption rather than wealth. While citizens with average incomes are overburdened, corporations pay one of the lowest rates in Europe. With such a narrow tax base, it is difficult to finance public services or stimulate investment. Tax inequality is also directly linked to debt.
The agenda is available in the attachment.
The presentations used at the workshop are available in the attachment: Presentation Public Debt in BiH and Presentation Tax System in BiH.
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