Fine of 50,000 lekë for employers who do not apply for employee financial aid

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The Council of Ministers has decided to fine employers who do not apply for financial assistance for their employees a sum of 50,000 lek. This administrative measure is sanctioned in several amendments and additions to Normative Act No. 3, dated March 15, 2020, Of the Council of Ministers, “On the Adoption of Special Administrative Measures During the Period of Infection Caused by COVID-19,” as amended.
“Moskryerja e aplikimit nga ana e subjektit të të punësuarit apo ish-të punësuarit që plotëson kushtet për të përfituar ndihmën financiare, gjatë periudhës së fatkeqësisë natyrore të shpallur si pasojë e COVID-19, dënohet me gjobë në masën 50,000 (pesëdhjetë mijë) lekë. Subjektet, të cilat i kanë trajtuar me pagë të plotë të punësuarit apo ish-të punësuarit nuk gjobiten për mosaplikim për përfitimin e ndihmës financiare. Subjektet e gjobituara mund të ushtrojnë të drejtën e ankimit pranë administratës tatimore, duke paraqitur në rrugë elektronike, nëpërmjet portalit e-filing, shkaqet dhe/ose arsyet e mosaplikimit, jo më vonë se 30 (tridhjetë) ditë nga data e komunikimit të gjobës, sipas Kodit të Procedurave Administrative.”, thuhet në të.
From the second financial package, 176,000 people are expected to benefit, of whom about 100,000 belong to small businesses and the rest to large entities that have withdrawn employees from the insurance scheme as of April 10, as well as in the tourism sector. By early May, when the latest tax data were published, applications had been made for about 100,000 people. Source: Monitor.
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Andi Haxhillari is an economist and the founder of AlProfit Consult, an accounting, tax advisory, and financial management firm in Tirana, established in 2015. He holds the professional title of Certified Accountant, certificate no. 359, issued by the Certification Authority of the Ministry of Finance on July 4, 2012. He graduated with a Master's degree in Accounting and as a General Economist from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana. For more than ten years, he has worked as an external economist for small and medium-sized businesses in Albania.

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