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According to the Croatian Law on Inheritance, the right to a necessary share is an inheritance right, and the share that belongs to an individual necessary heir is called a necessary share. The necessary share of the descendants, adopted children and their descendants, and the spouse is one half, and the necessary share of the…

A contract on support until death (with simultaneous transfer of property) (hereinafter: a contract on support until death) obligates one party (the support provider) to support the other party or a third party (the support recipient) until his death, and the other party is obliged to transfer all or part of his property to the…

A contract on lifetime support (with transfer of property after death) (hereinafter referred to as: contract on lifetime support) obligates one party (the support provider) to support the other party or a third party (the support recipient) until his death, and the other party declares that he gives all or part of his property, with…

According to the Croatian Family Law, spouses can have matrimonial property and their own property. Matrimonial property is the property that the spouses have acquired through work during the duration of the marriage union or originates from this property. Therefore, the property owned by a spouse at the time of marriage is his own property.…

Tax supports are not the only supports provided by the Law on Investment Promotion, but there are also the following types of supports for beneficiaries. Supports for justified costs of new jobs associated with the investment project For example, a support beneficiary who ensures the creation of new jobs related to an investment project in…

Pursuant to the Law on Investment Promotion, the purpose of investment promotion is to stimulate economic growth and the realization of the economic policy of the Republic of Croatia, its inclusion in international exchange flows and the strengthening of the investment and competitive ability of Croatian entrepreneurship. Beneficiaries of support are entrepreneurs (micro, small, medium,…

Non-compete agreement A contractual non-competition agreement exists when the employer and the employee agree that for a certain period after the termination of the employment contract, the employee may not be employed by another person who is in market competition with the employer, and that he may not, for his own account or for the…

Extraordinary termination is termination without the obligation to comply with the prescribed or agreed notice period. The employer and the employee have a justified reason for the extraordinary termination of the employment contract concluded for an indefinite or fixed period, if due to a particularly serious violation of an obligation from the employment relationship or…

According to the positive regulations, foreign natural persons who are the apartment owners in Croatia still cannot categorise their apartments, neither rent them and pay tax for it. Therefore, foreign natural persons often use their apartments to host either their real friends or fictive friends, and that way illegally earn their weekly rent in cash.…

Financial instability is present in European as well as in Croatian capital market. Therefore legal persons are much more careful when entering into new business. One must always bear in mind the possibility of bankruptcy of his/her business associate. Thereat, all legal persons must be aware of certain legal consequences of bankruptcy:

In February 2012, the Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the whole package of tax law alterations that significantly change the taxpayer’s position. With the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act being changed and the current 23% tax rate increased on 25%, certain amendments to the Profit Tax Act, Income Tax Act and Contributions Act…

Act on the time limit for performance of a monetary obligation entered into force on 1st January 2012, and therefore, the provision from article 174 of the Civil Obligations Act, ceased to have effect. According to this, now invalid provision that refers to commercial contracts, the debtor was liable to fulfill his monetary obligation within…

As one of the ways of acquiring the ownership of real estate under the law is the acquisition by adverse possession. It is an institute based on exclusive possession for a statutory period, where the title to real property is acquired by the disseisor who holds the property lawfully, truly and in good faith for…

It is well known that some citizens hold large amounts of money in the bank accounts, while due to high inflation and low interest rates savings in the bank are currently not profitable. Namely, by holding money in the bank savers do not generate any returns, while inflation at the same time reduces the value…