TIRANA, October 28/ATA/ In the draft budget of 2025, the Ministry of Finance has not prepared any new fiscal package which will generate additional revenues.
In the attached report of the draft budget, the Ministry of Finance emphasized that among the fiscal policy measures foreseen in this budget are the tax laws approved in the previous packages and which bring effects on revenues in 2025.
Specifically, in implementation of the law on excise duties, regarding cigarettes and tobacco, there is a 2022-2026 calendar regarding the increase of the excise duty level every year.
For the year 2025, additional revenues from implementation of the excise tax increase calendar is estimated in the amount of 852 million ALL, as well as 20% VAT on this increased excise amount.
In the 2025 revenue budget, it is anticipated that an additional 2 billion ALL will be generated from the implementation of changes in the law “On gambling and casinos”.
The additional anticipated revenues include both the national programmed registration taxes of operators that will operate in the field of sports betting, and the revenue from the gambling tax for online sports betting that will be paid by the entities that will be licensed.
From July 1, 2024, there was implemented the second budget reform of salary increases in the state administration. The increase in the salary fund for the state administration has an effect on revenue from the salary tax and social and health insurance contributions.
For the year 2025, it is predicted that the first 7 months, the effect on revenue will be 6.2 billion ALL, of which 2 billion ALL are revenues from salary tax and almost 4.3 billion ALL are revenues from the contributions. /j.p/p.s./
