- In August 2019, the Ministry of Finance and Economy organized six separate consultation meetings on the draft fiscalization law with accountants, the IT sector, the Tax Council, business associations, the Banking Association, and the Investment Council.
- This broad consultation is a typical model of major tax reforms in Albania, not just of fiscalization.
- The process concluded with the adoption of Law No. 87/2019 of December 18, 2019, with final implementation deadlines different from those initially proposed in August 2019.
On August 14, 2019, the Ministry of Finance and Economy published the concrete calendar of public consultation meetings on the draft fiscalization law, six separate meetings with different interest groups, scheduled between August 20 and 29, 2019.
From our daily work we see that many businesses don't realize how extensive the consultation process was after a major tax reform like the introduction of fiscalization, and they mistakenly believe that the rules are issued immediately, without prior discussion with the groups most affected by them.
Read also: Taxation and invoicing, our complete guide, Taxation in Albania: How It Was Born and How It Works Today, and Fiscalization: why this reform was carried out and what its objectives were..
2019 Meeting Calendar
The six invited groups
Consultation meetings were held with accountants on August 20, the information technology business on August 22, the Tax Council on August 23, business associations on August 27, the Bankers' Association on August 28, and the Investment Council on August 29, 2019. Each group was consulted separately, precisely because the fiscalization affected them in different ways: technical for IT, operational for accountants, and financial for banks.
From consultation to the final law
The consultation process concluded in 2019, and the draft law, with the changes resulting from these meetings, was adopted as Law No. 87/2019 of December 18, 2019, “On the Invoice and the System for Monitoring Turnover.” The implementation deadlines in the final version differ from those initially proposed in August 2019, as explained in the linked articles above.
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Major tax reforms pass consultation.
This model of consultation with multiple interest groups is repeated in other major Albanian tax reforms. For businesses, this means that their business associations typically have real opportunities to provide input before new rules become law, if they follow the process from the consultation phase, not just after the law has been approved.
How we handle this with our clients
We monitor public consultations and tax draft laws from the moment they're put up for discussion, not just after approval, so that our clients are prepared from the very first stage, rather than caught off guard when the rule takes effect.
Frequently asked questions
Is the meeting schedule mentioned in the article still valid?
No. It was a one-time calendar for August 2019, part of the process that concluded with the adoption of Law No. 87/2019.
Why were so many interest groups consulted?
Because the implementation of the tax system directly affected very diverse sectors—accounting, technology, banking, and investments—each with its own technical or operational concerns that deserved dedicated attention.
Where can I find today's fiscalization rules?
In our complete guide on fiscalization and invoicing, linked above, which is updated with every legal change or guideline.
