INCOME TAX IN ALBANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900560006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1 A CENTRAL, iNTELLIGENCE, AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO
C0Ce\( ' tiY Albania.
SUBJECT Income Tax in Albania
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The tax in money is estimated on the4,otal value`.'of the taxpayer's
It is a graduated tax and Is paid in two installments w
The tax blanks are distributed during the month of Septembers the f
installment is paid in October
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if this does not exceed 2000 lek. If the sum is more than 2,000 lek, the
Government resorts to confiscation of property.
Farmhouses arc not subjected to taxation in money. informant does not 1mow
whether city dwellings are subject to t~: z4,ic,n Also cno pair ofr' p1a'
E:I.,t1 ,I? '?, ,e: pigs, and one
The estimte of the tax value !*f the income from animv.io troesr and
land is ma-do on the > .s of nrices of the :income frcn tho o In the froo
,rket,,, Thos one co'Fl; Is estimated to have an ann I U co=na.
5000 lek? One goat or sheep is er tizratod to have ten Oat. uai Inc :ma value
of 1000 l.ek without regard to whether the animal to bred or not,, Onc
frari'.t tree (fig or pear) which Is four years or Older has an annual in-
come -.-u1nc of 700 lok,
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5s Al?tlao g i the incc e in hind on Land is estimated on the basis Of the produc-
tivity of the, land, which is divided into four categories for that purpose,
the es tote for money to tion is made without reference to productivity
and is 500 :lek per etremm. (One streemma in equivalent to approximately a
fourth of an acre)
6., If the total estimated Incommo does not exceed 10,000 lek per amnAm there is
no tax in money. Above 10,000 leek the tax is graduated as foll.t ;
10,000 to 20,000 lek is taxed at 5 per cent,
21,000 to 30,000 Zak is taxed at 6 per cent.
31,000 to 50,000 b k is taxed at 10 per cent.
?51,000 to 100,000 leak is taxed at 40 per cent?
101,000 lek and over is taxed at 50 per cent.
7. Lend which is devoted r.o the production of potatoes, lentils, and beans is
estimated to produce a maximum income of 500 lek, Informant says that the
reason for this Is that tact' on such f3o3.ds is exacted chiefly in kind,
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