Montenegro is located in Southeastern Europe and is a part of the Balkans. Montenegro borders Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia and has access to the Adriatic Sea. Montenegro has a territory of 13,812 square kilometers. The capital city of Montenegro is Podgorica, the largest city and the location of key government institutions. Montenegro has a population of 620,74 thousand people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - 9%. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Income tax payment is made annually by the end of March of the following year for the previous year or can be paid in 6 installments
- Dividend withholding tax - 9%
- Interest withholding tax - 9%
- Royalties withholding tax - 9%
- Capital gains tax - 9%
- VAT - Standard tax rate 21% or reduced rates from 0% up to 7% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on a monthly basis.
- Personal income tax - 0%, 9% and 15%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Montenegro as:
- Limited liability company (Društvo sa ograničenom odgovornošću - d.o.o.)
- Public limited company (Akcionarsko društvo - AD)
- General partnership (Ortačko društvo - OD)
- Limited partnership (Komanditno društvo - KD)
- Branch office (Filijala).
Official currency of Montenegro is euro (EUR).
Montenegro has a service-based market economy that is based on financial invesments, in the energy and tourism sectors. Agricultural land amounts to 19% of the total land area. In the coastal region citrus and olive cultures are widespread, seasonable vegetables and tobacco can be found in the central parts, and the in the north of the country extensive sheep breeding is widespread. The steel and aluminium industry alone represents a good part of the country's exports and is expected to boost economic development. The manufacturing sector is still underdeveloped.
The GDP of Moldova grew by 13% in 2021 and amounted to USD 5.86 billion. Tertiary sector makes up almost 58.5% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 16.1%, agriculture at 6.4% and manufacturing at 4.1%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are unwrought aluminium, electrical energy, medicaments, wood, aluminium ores, wine, zinc ores, meat, ferrous remains.
Imports of Montenegro consist of energy, petroleum oils, natural gas, cars and vehicles, transmission apparatus, electric conductors, consumer goods, cars, food and beverages.
Primary trading partners of Montenegro are Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Germany, Turkey, Albania, Poland, Italy, Croatia, Greece, France and Spain.