The Indirect Taxation Authority Governing Board held its 94th session on Friday, 28th of November 2008 in Sarajevo.

The ITA Governing Board on its 94th session adopted the Rules of Procedure for the work of the Indirect Taxation Authority Governing Board and decided to have its seat in Mostar. The previous Rules of Procedure shall be put out of force by adopting this new one.
Book of Rules on Internal Organisation and Systematisation of job posts of the Units within the ITA GB was also adopted and four Units were established: Chairman’s Office, Legal Unit, Macroeconomic Analysis Unit and Final Consumption Unit.
The ITA Governing Board gave its consent to Amendments and Supplements to the Law on VAT, by which the projects with EU financial assistance to BiH through Instruments for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA funds) are exempted from the payment of VAT. The exemption from the payment of VAT is related solely to projects from IPA funds, while supplying with the goods and services from the other projects of international assistance to BiH is still subject to refund of paid VAT.
Consent was also given to Supplement to the Law on Customs Tariff of BiH, by which it was foreseen the introduction of tariff quote for import of 50.000 tons of sugar for refinement without paying the customs duties. The main reason for this is the need to enable approximately the same working conditions for domestic sugar producers as the ones that sugar producers in the CEFTA signatory countries have, and in that way increase the usage of installed domestic capacities and competitiveness of domestic producers.
The Governing Board also gave its consent to the proposal of Decision on Harmonizing and Determining Customs Tariff for BiH for 2009.
Two decisions were adopted: Decision on costs of control of goods outside the working place and time of customs organ and Decision on supplement to the decision on forming the Working Group for drafting the implementing act for allocation of indirect tax revenues.
The next GB meeting will be scheduled very soon (probably within 7 days) and it was planned to discuss draft Law on Excise Duties in BiH.
contakt person: Darija Tošić, darija.tosic@uino.gov.ba