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Slovenia Challenges and opportunities

Slovenia Challenges and opportunities. Mojca Centa Debeljak Director-General Slovenian Tax Administration. Slovenia in brief. Population: 2,04 million (June 2008) Area: 20 . 273 km² (~100 per km²) Democratic parliamentary republic since June 25, 1991

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Slovenia Challenges and opportunities

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  1. SloveniaChallengesandopportunities Mojca Centa Debeljak Director-General Slovenian Tax Administration

  2. Slovenia in brief • Population: 2,04 million (June 2008) • Area: 20.273 km² (~100 per km²) • Democratic parliamentary republic since June 25, 1991 • Member of the European Union since May 1, 2004, • Currency: EUR sinceJanuary 1, 2007 • GDP/capita: 18.196 € (2008) • Average earnings (March 2008): 1.425,05 € (gross) • Government deficit – 0,9 % GDP (2008) • Public debt 22,8 % GDP (2008)

  3. Slovenian Tax Administration(2008) • Revenue: 12.113 billion € • Revenuepercapita: 6.057 € • Employees: 2.586 • Operationalcosts/revenue: 0,81 % • Activetaxpayers: 2.678.234 (111.694 legal entities) • Taxrevenuestructure: • social securitycontributions 43,8 % • taxes on incomeand profit 29,7 % • taxes on goodsandservices 22,5 % • othertaxes 4 %

  4. Modernization achivements to date • The system of informative calculations for personal income tax • All forms of all taxpayers are submitted via electronic media • Individual REK (recapitulation) forms • Improvement of Tax Administration’s image among key stakeholders, mainly on the basis of the central value of the Slovenian Tax Administration – professional competence at work • Certificate ISO 9001:2008

  5. Key modernization goals • Definition of risky taxpayers with detailed risk analyses and redefinition of roles of individual work fields (control vs. auditing) • New IT system • Conclusion of agreements with the largest taxpayers • Definition of roles of tax intermediaries and conclusion of agreements on the basis of professional competence and best practice

  6. Remaining gaps • Renovation of IT system, which will last at least 3.5 years • Establishment of the Tax Academy – increasing the level of professional work competence not only at the Tax Administration, but also at colleagues at law enforcement authorities and courts • Measures during the crisis and after it in the field of motivation of employees

  7. Present keychallenges/risk • reduction of inflows at simultaneous pressure for provision of planned inflows • reduction of operational costs and reduction of human resources at simultaneous increase of tasks • motivation of employees

  8. Challenges/opportunities • process of planning activities, inflows will require taking additional factors into consideration • the need for changing performance evaluation criteria will intensify • introduction of new, cost-efficient services at simultaneous reduction of resources • changing of roles of individual work fields (e.g. control, desk audit) will require additional efforts because the investment cycle will come to a standstill • to achieve agreement with key stakeholders on investments, which are urgent, especially due to intensified

  9. Thankyouforyourattention! Forfurtherinformation: Mojca.Centa-Debeljak@gov.si

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