Real estate transaction costs and taxes in Serbia

Cost

Variable

VAT

Nil

Cost

Variable

VAT

Nil

Cost

No costs if made via internet (only unofficial data). Cost of the official land registry excerpt depends on the number of pages of the excerpt (up to 50 pages approx. EUR 7.5; every additional page approx. EUR 0.6). Administrative fee for the excerpt is EUR 2.60.

VAT

Nil

Cost

No cost if made via internet (only unofficial data); Registry files insight free of charge, copying EUR 0.25 per page; Official extracts approx. EUR 15 per extract.

VAT

N/A

Cost

Negotiable

VAT

20%

Cost

Negotiable

VAT

20%

Cost

VAT is charged on the first transfer of newly constructed buildings if the seller is a taxable person (the value of the land plot is excluded). The seller and the buyer may agree to apply VAT on any subsequent transfer provided they are both VAT registered, and the seller can deduct entire VAT charged as input VAT.

VAT

10% on the residential properties, 20% on garages and commercial properties.

Cost

The second and subsequent transfer of a building (provided such transfer is not subject to VAT) including transfer of ownership rights/right of use over the land are subject to 2.5% Real Estate Transfer Tax.

Notarization of the sale/purchase agreement: fees vary depending on the value of the transaction. Fee is capped at EUR 3,030 (plus VAT).

Private entity: 15%, unless otherwise specified by an applicable DTT. Resident commercial entity: 15% (capital gains derived from the disposal of shares in a company owning the real estate are treated as taxable income subject to CIT). Non-resident commercial entity: 20% WHT, unless otherwise specified by an applicable DTT. Capital gains tax base is: for a private entity difference between the purchase and the selling (market) price, for a commercial entity difference between the purchase and the contractual/selling price (Note: purchase price can be adjusted to a fair market value, while in case of related parties selling price is adjusted to market price).

Private entity: 15%, unless otherwise specified by an applicable DTT. Resident commercial entity: 15% (capital gains derived from the disposal of shares in a company owning the real estate are treated as taxable income subject to CIT). Non-resident commercial entity: 20% WHT, unless otherwise specified by an applicable DTT. Capital gains tax base is: for a private entity difference between the purchase and the selling (market) price, for a commercial entity difference between the purchase and the contractual/selling price.

(*purchase price can be adjusted to a fair market value, while in case of related parties selling price is adjusted to market price)