The 2021 balance sheet deadline was extended to September 15, 2022.

Key points
  • On August 7, 2022, the QKB confirmed the final extension date for the 2021 financial statements deadline, September 15, 2022, following the cyberattack on e-Albania.
  • This was the concrete application of the same legal principle, Article 54 of the Code of Administrative Procedure, discussed in our other post.
  • The specific date applies only to the year 2022; the legal principle behind it remains valid for any similar case.
Updated October 18, 2026. Published August 7, 2022. The original notice confirmed the exact postponement date, September 15, 2022. The content has been shortened as a historical record, since the legal principle is addressed more thoroughly in the linked post below.

On August 7, 2022, the National Business Center officially confirmed that the deadline for filing the 2021 financial statements was extended to September 15, 2022, following issues caused by the cyberattack on the e-Albania portal, which also affected the NBC system. The original legal deadline was July 31.

Read also: Extension of the deadline when e-Albania is down, the principle of Article 54 of the Administrative Procedure Code, on the general legal principle following this postponement and how it is applied in similar cases.

The date September 15, 2022, and the fine of 60,000 lek at that time apply only to that year. For current deadlines and fines, please check with What happens if you fail to submit financial statements on time.

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About the author

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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