Croatia Abolishes Mobile Service Tax

Politics ♦ Published: July 10, 2012; 15:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

Today, the Croatian Parliament decided to abolishes the 6% mobile service tax. For Telekom Austria, this means a substantial relief.

Croatia Abolishes Mobile Service Tax / Picture: © Telekom Austria Group

Today, the Telekom Austria Group announces that the Croatian Parliament decided to abolish the 6% tax on mobile network service revenues as of 9 July 2012.

The tax was applicable on revenues generated by mobile services, such as voice, SMS and MMS, and was payable by the mobile operator.

In 2009, the Croatian government levied an extraordinary tax for telecommunication…