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Maja Marcelic

Consultant

Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko and partners
in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
Ilica 1
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Languages Croatian, English

Maja Marcelić is a tax consultant. She advises clients from various industry sectors regarding the application of tax legislation in the areas of value added tax, corporate profit tax, personal income tax, real estate transfer tax, the application of international agreements and transfer pricing.
She also provides valuable support to clients during tax inspections, administrative procedures and disputes. Her main area of interest is tax due diligence.
Maja Marcelić joined the CMS team as a tax consultant in 2012 after years of experience in the corporate sector and at tax authorities. She also spent four years at one of the “big four” audit companies working in the field of tax consultancy.

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Lectures list

  • Maja Marcelić frequently prepares and holds workshops in the field of the application of tax legislation and tax practice in Croatia and the European Union.
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Education

  • 2004 – Mag. oec., Economy and Business, University of Zagreb
  • 2001 – Faculty of Law – Undergraduate Tax Studies, Zagreb 
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Expertise

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01/06/2023
Croatian Government announces amendments to a set of tax regulations
Although this was announced as a “2023 reform”, most experts agree that the Government plan represents a further set of administrative changes to existing tax legislation. Draft amendments have not...
27/03/2023
Croatia – recent changes to tax legislation
Reduced VAT on heatingBased on a temporary measure from 2022, supplies of natural gas, district heating, firewood, pellets, briquettes and wood chips are subject to a VAT rate of 5% instead of 13%.This...
15/12/2022
U.S. and Croatia sign Double Tax Treaty
The United States of America and Croatia signed a long-awaited Convention to avoid double taxation (the “Treaty”). The Treaty covers profit and income taxes and has been signed with the aim of avoiding...
05/12/2022
Croatia introduces a windfall tax across all sectors
Following the EU Regulation 2022/1854 of 6 October 2022 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices (Regulation), the Croatian Government has drafted legislation for a general corporate...
05/09/2022
Croatia to adopt the euro from 1 January 2023: Final transition in Q4 2022 
It’s official: Croatia is adopting the euro as its official currency from 1 January 2023. The obligation to report prices in both kuna and euro begins in Q4 of 2022. Dual reporting using the fixed conversion...
22/04/2022
Croatia soon to become 20th state to adopt the euro
Croatia is planning to introduce the euro as its official currency from 1 January 2023. The Proposal of the Act on the Introduction of the Euro as the Official Currency in Croatia is currently passing...
07/06/2021
EU vs. Croatia – stimulating the economy through taxes: Are the loss making...
The tourism sector suffered greatly, with most entrepreneurs that regularly made a profit before the pandemic operating at a loss in the 2020 circumstances. Their income tax returns for 2020 will show...
19/05/2021
MLI enters into force in Croatia
MLI or Multilateral Instrument is the multilateral convention that implements tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting. Croatia deposited its ratification instrument on...
19/01/2021
New tax reform in Croatian – an overview and practical comments
The webinar is organized by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce - Zagreb Chamber, Koprivnica County Chamber, Varaždin County Chamber and the law firm Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko and partners in cooperation...
15/04/2020
COVID-19: Croatia – Second set of tax measures to help the economy
New measures to help economy during the COVID-19 epidemic were introduced on 9 April 2020. A. Exemption from payment of tax liabilities arising between 1 April and 20 June The exemption primarily applies...
24/05/2019
Marija Zrno and Maja Marcelić in Lider Magazine
Marija Zrno and Maja Marcelić got published by the Lider Magazine on the topic of shareholders loans within a group, taking care of both legal and tax aspects of shareholder loans financing. Find out...
09/07/2014
New Accounting Law, VAT Law and Real Estate Transfer Tax Law announced
With the aim of harmonization with the Directive 2013/34/EU, Ministry of Finance has published draft of the new Accounting Law in May 2014. The draft Accounting Law introduces changes in the conditions...