Ohrid Chases Its 2023 Business Signage Tax: Deadline 18 November, Then Forced Collection and Frozen Accounts

Ohrid Municipality has called on traders, craftspeople and companies that haven't paid the business signage tax ("firmarina") for 2023 to settle it by 18 November 2026 at the latest. If they still don't pay after that, forced-collection orders will follow, and then an order freezing their bank accounts.

According to the municipality, forced collection of the communal fee is under way on the basis of the Law on Property Taxes and the Law on Communal Fees. All legal entities, sole traders and craftspeople operating in Ohrid were previously sent electronic reminders. The deadline after the reminder has passed, so orders are now being prepared for delivery to those who owe.

Every registered taxpayer can check their financial account card and the orders they've been charged under, and can also pay the fee electronically through the e-taxes portal on Ohrid Municipality's official website.

The fee is for 2023, and frozen accounts loom at the end of 2026. Three years is a long time for one debt to a municipality - both for the taxpayer who didn't pay and for the administration that has taken this long to collect it. How many of the debtors will only react once the bank freezes their account?