20 January 2019 - Montenegro will have support from Great Britain in tightening tax discipline, through a joint project in the domain of the suppression of the grey economy. This was the main subject of the today’s meeting held between the Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Pavle Radulović and the Ambassador of Great Britain, Alyson Camp.
They jointly stated that it was necessary to reinforce controls of the work of tourism employees and improve the function of local secretariats regarding that matter, all with the aim of increasing profit in the state budget and local budgets. The Minister pointed out that the Ministry was working hard on creating a database of the issuers of unregistered private accommodation.
“Even though the season was a record, illegal accommodation and lack of registration are our problems. Those who earn money this way must be aware that they are depriving future generations of the income they need for education, healthcare, etc,” said the Minister.
The cooperation between the two states is good. British tourists are visiting Montenegro more and more. Also, the collaboration with British tour operators and agencies is stable.
The Minister and the Ambassador talked about the pollution of the environment from plastic waste. The UK will assist in plastic waste management.
Camp showed interest in the organization of the future football match between Montenegro and Great Britain. She hopes for the friendly reception of British football lovers in Podgorica.
Director of Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro, Vlastimir Golubović, said that the most common barriers that businessmen point out are grey economy and unfair competition, non-liquidity or recovery of debts, numerous and high taxes, fees at the local level, high contributions on wages, high capital prices and difficult access to loans, barriers in legal regulation, problems of insufficient flexibility of labor market, lack of professional staff and frequent amendments of regulations.
