Tax Rulings and EU State Aid Law: Lessons for Croatia

Tax rulings and advance pricing agreements (APAs) are perceived by policymakers around the globe as important instruments for enhancing taxpayers’ legal certainty. Croatian tax law saw the introduction of these schemes only fairly recently. Namely, advance tax rulings have been introduced in 2015, but hitherto there is limited practical experience with its usage. On the other hand, other EU member states which had rich experience with tax rulings and APAs are currently faced with new legal developments. Most importantly, administrative tax practices in a number of countries have been put under scrutiny from the perspective of EU state aid law. Against this background, aim of the present paper is to derive some lessons for Croatian policymakers and taxpayers when it comes to the usage of advance tax rulings and APAs in the future