The Constitutional Court rejected the request of the Democratic Party for the suspension of the law "On the taxation of independent professionals", since, according to the Constitutional Court, no irreparable consequences are evident.
In today's session, the Constitutional Court gave the parties until June 21 to bring additional arguments. While the final decision whether to repeal or not the law "On the tax of independent professionals" will be taken on June 25.
"After 7 hours of discussion, in an open public session, the Constitutional Court decided to reject the approval of the request for the partial repeal of some of the articles in the law on "Income Tax", until a final decision is made.
The President of the Constitutional Court, Holta Zaçaj, invited the representatives of the plaintiff parties (3 representatives of the lawsuits, the one filed by no less than 1/5 of the deputies of the Assembly of Albania DP, the Association "Institute of Approved Accountants" (IKM) and of the "Institute of Authorized Accounting Experts" (IEKA), as well as from the Chamber of Advocates of Albania, together with representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Council of Ministers, to present additional evidence on Friday (June 21, 2024). finally, it was decided that the next session, where the decision is expected to be given, will take place on June 25, at 10:00.
In the Constitutional Court, the first hearing was held today for the examination of three appeals for the partial repeal of the law "On income tax". Since 10:00 in the morning, the arguments of 3 representatives of the lawsuits were heard, the one filed by no less than 1/5 of the deputies of the Parliament of Albania, the lawsuit of the Association of the "Institute of Certified Accountants" and the Association of "Institute of Authorized Accounting Experts", as well as from the Bar Association of Albania. The "Income Tax" law was initially sued in the Constitutional Court in February by 38 deputies of the Democratic Party", the announcement distributed to the media states.
This law was sent by the Democratic Party and the professionals to the Constitutional Court with the argument that "Taxation violates legal security", but the government has responded that they cannot be favored forever.