Minister of Finance has adopted Regulation amending Regulation on establishing the transfer of entire or a part of assets, with or without compensation, or as an investment, which is not considered a supply of goods and services according to the Law on Value Added Tax (Amendment Regulation).
Amendment Regulation was published in "Fig. Gazette of RS " no. 76 of 04.08.2012 and apply from 05.08.2012.
Under Amendment Regulation the delivery of following goods and services are not considered as VAT delivery: - Transfer of assets in the continuation of the activity of entrepreneurs in the form of a company, in accordance with the Company Law, - Transfer of assets in the ordinary course of trade, liquidation and bankruptcy, which is a functional unit within economic activities are carried.
In this way, Amendment Regulation introduces two additional grounds for determining assets transfer tax which is not considered as VAT delivery.