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Montenegro

List of incentives available in this location for quick easy reference below.

Incentives

Table key

  • Incentive offered
  • Incentive not offered
  • Did not submit information
Cash grants/incentives
Tax exemptionsMore [+]Less [-]
  • Corporation Tax - 9%.
  • Legal persons newly established in an underdeveloped municipality conducting a production activity are exempted from payment of tax on profits. (Conditions apply)
  • Newly established business units conducting the production activity in the underdeveloped municipality are exempted from payment of tax on profits. (Conditions apply)
  • Capital gains realized from the sale of securities and reinvested within 12 months from the day of their generation in the purchase of new securities are not taxed.
  • The revenues realized by the sale of securities that the taxpayer held in his portfolio for the period longer than two years are exempted from taxation.
  • Legal entities established as nongovernmental organizations are exempted from tax on profits to the amount of €4,000, provided that they use such gains for realization of goals they are established for.
  • VAT - 17% & 7% on tourism – flat rate.
  • Services of public interest exempted from payment of VAT comprise the following: public postal services, health services, social security services, education services, services from the area of culture, sports, public radio diffuse service, religion services and services of nongovernmental organizations.
  • Other exemptions from VAT are related to: insurance and reinsurance services; turnover of immovable property (with the exception of newly constructed); financial services; services of renting dwelling premises for the period exceeding 60 days; gold and other precious metals, banknotes and coins imported by the Central Bank of Montenegro; games related to games of chance and entertainment games.
  • Personal Income Tax - 9% - flat rate.
Property assistance / other fiscal incentive
Training and labor market assistanceMore [+]Less [-]
  • Help with training of newly employed.
  • Help with co-seasonal employment (in tourism, construction, catering, agriculture, etc.).
  • Employment programs for certain categories of unemployed persons (disabled persons and persons who are waiting longer to employment).
  • Creation of spatial and professional mobility of workers.
  • Co-adaptation of space and technical equipment for the employment of disabled people.
  • Making adjustments for certain job categories of the unemployed.
Loan guarantees, cheap loans or financeMore [+]Less [-]
  • Financing for co-creating new jobs.
  • Loans for investments in employment on the basis of new production and other features.
  • Financing part of the cost for the maintenance of productive employment.
  • Co-financing of education and training of unemployed.
Exemptions from regulations
Target sectorsMore [+]Less [-]
  1. Energy
  2. Tourism
  3. Infrastructure
Sectors specific incentives

Sponsorship

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