Businesses have been forgiven over 462 million euros in liabilities - How is the tax debt stock divided according to age?
Businesses will benefit from over 460 million euros in forgiven tax liabilities through the law on the forgiveness and extinction of tax liabilities, which has begun to apply from May 15, 2026.
According to official data from the General Directorate of Taxes, the tax liabilities balance by the end of 2025 amounts to 194.4 billion lek. During 2025, tax liabilities have experienced a net increase of 31.89 billion lek from January to December, or in other words, the stock of liabilities has increased by 19.6%, about 24.6 billion lek more compared to the previous year.
In total, in the debt stock by age, it turns out that debt over 10 years accounts for 23.8% of the total, translated into a monetary value of approximately 46.2 billion lek or over 462 million euros, a liability that is affected by the amnesty law and is automatically deleted from the system. This concerns liabilities, fines and late payment interest created until December 2024.
But businesses are not the only beneficiaries of this forgiven obligation, as a principal forgiveness of 25-50 percent will be applied if the obligations for obligations created from 2015 to 2019, if the obligations are paid within June or December 2026, and fines and late payment interest will be completely erased.
According to tax data, debt from 5-10 years accounts for 36.6% of the total stock or 71.2 billion lek, benefiting a good portion of debtors.
On the other hand, debt for 2-5 years has a value of 28 billion lek, 1-2 years, 10 billion lek, 6-12 months, 8 billion lek, 3-6 months, 9.8 billion lek, and debt for up to 3 months has a value of 21 billion lek.
Active Taxpayers account for 41% of the total number of debtor taxpayers with a value of 66.9 billion lek or 34% of the total debt value.
Passive taxpayers account for 59% of the total number of debtor taxpayers with a value of 127 billion lek or 66% of the total debt value.
According to the tax administration, during 2025, the increase in additional tax liabilities is closely related to the intensification of tax administration actions to identify cases of tax evasion, especially in the hydrocarbon sector and other risk sectors. As a result, significant amounts of liabilities have been identified, which have contributed to the increase in the stock of tax debt. The cancellation of tax liabilities begins on June 10, 2026.
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