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On 7th December 2018 the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia adopted the amendments to the Personal Income Tax Law and the Law on compulsory social insurance contributions, which came into force on 16th December 2018.

A new standard, IFRS 16 “Leases”, applies to annual reporting periods commencing as of 1 January. Still, Serbia has not yet transposed the standard, meaning that, for the time being, changes introduced by the new standard are not in force in Serbia.

As of 1 January 2019, the National Bank of Serbia (“NBS”) took over the competencies of the Ministry of Finance and its department Tax Administration for issuance and revocation of licences to perform exchange operations.

JPM team led by Senior Partner Jelena Gazivoda and Partners Nikola Đorđević and Ivan Petrovic acted as Legal Advisors to China Shandong International in the Motorway Concession Project Banja Luka – Prijedor.

On 15 December 2018 amendments to several tax laws entered into force which, introduced benefits related to concessions with a value of at least EUR 50 million.

This year marks the eight edition of the corporate law case study – Big Deal project and its fourth edition with an international element, organized by JPM in cooperation with the leading regional law offices from TLA Top-tier Legal Adriatic. From May to the end of November, when the finals took place, experienced lawyers from […]

The long-awaited work on the adoption of the Law on Lobbying began in the spring of 2018 and it represents the beginning of an anti-corruption normative reform.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia has announced a Bill on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Games of Chance.

The Serbian Parliament adopted the Law on Financial Collaterals on 8 June 2018, which will become effective as of 1 January 2019.

On 17 December 2018, the Law on Interchange Fees and Special Operating Rules for Card-Based Payment Transactions (the “Law on Interchange Fees”) will enter into force.