Croatia Tax Administration publishes list of major debtors

The Croatian Tax Administration has released a new list of overdue debts, revealing that 31,699 taxpayers owe the state a total of 1,754,744,869.54 euros. The debtors include 1,472 legal entities owing 543.5 million euros, 4,017 individual entrepreneurs owing 230.9 million euros, and 26,210 citizens owing 980.3 million euros.

In the first nine months of 2026, the Ministry of Finance and the Tax Administration implemented 514,884 collection measures. These actions, which include administrative enforcement procedures, covered debts totaling 1.82 billion euros and resulted in the collection of 1.17 billion euros. Additionally, 1,114 proposals for the securing or enforcement of real estate were submitted to courts for debts totaling 19.97 million euros.

The Association of Entrepreneurs (UGP) has responded to the publication, questioning the proportionality of collection methods. The group noted that while small entrepreneurs face immediate enforcement for debts of only a few hundred euros, some individual debts on the list reach tens of millions of euros. UGP is calling for greater transparency regarding how such large debts accumulate and how public institutions manage their own obligations to citizens and businesses.