Although entrepreneurs generally welcome the new regulation, they are aware that they will face many dilemmas: is it better to ‘snitch’ on a large customer for non-payment and lose them, or risk paying a fine? The main generators of late payments are often identified as retail chains and other large systems. The state, however, has no doubts about this regulation: it will collect VAT from the first or subsequent debtor in the chain of non-payment.
From next year, the state should collect VAT from defaulters, rather than as before from suppliers of goods and services, regardless of whether they collect their receivables or not. We say it should because companies will have to periodically send reports about their debtors to the Tax Administration. However, the matter is much more sensitive than it seems. There are two possible problems: one is the entrepreneurs who should ‘snitch’ on their debtors, and the other is the debtors, referring to large companies, so the question is who will dare to ‘snitch’ on them. Or the question is whether the state will always dare to block them. In the new issue of Lider, Tin Bašić and Edis Felić agree – the state has decided to turn the tables and charge those who do not pay their obligations.
Although most entrepreneurs privately do not feel that we do not have a proper government and Parliament, those who do business with the state have already noticed that there are no new procurements and jobs. There is no one in the ministries who could sign even a regular travel order. However, is the delay in forming a stable government necessarily a bad scenario? It depends on who you ask, writes Gordana Gelenčer in the new issue of Lider.
The sale of toys after the collapse of Magma and One2Play has moved to supermarkets, kiosks, post offices, and even gas stations. Meanwhile, another global migration of toy sales has begun – into the virtual world and online platforms. Much has changed in that market, with more than half of the annual toy sales being made in the weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays. However, although they seem like simple items that sell themselves, the toy market is actually very dynamic and subject to incredible turbulence, writes Ksenija Puškarić in the new issue of Lider.
When we are bombarded with TV commercials to the point that we lose the will to watch any show, forgetting what we started watching after the second block of commercials (which lasts at least 15 minutes), why shouldn’t there be a program that broadcasts only and exclusively commercials? Two entrepreneurs, Vjekoslav Kaleb and Kristijan Lemac, came up with the concept of catalog television nearly two years ago when they founded the company TV katalog d.o.o., an interactive television that allows viewers to surf the channel, similar to the internet. A few days ago, the entrepreneurial duo also launched a TV shop, from which they expect a lot, writes Željka Laslavić in the new issue of Lider.
In the new issue of Lider, in the world block, Vanja Figenwald writes that there has never been more cheap fuel, and Saudi control over it has never been less. A barrel of crude oil on the world market has fallen to $35, and it is estimated that it will continue to fall. The Saudi response to shale oil production, along with a few other aggravating circumstances, has become a noose around their neck. The most important exporter of ‘black gold’ has intentionally kept the price low for some time, but the deficit in the treasury will reach $140 billion this year.
Along with the new issue of Lider, we bring you a supplement – Business 2016. A Year of New Beginnings.
Read here.
