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The deduction of 48 thousand lek from the taxable income base, for each dependent child, for children up to the age of 18, will also benefit those individuals who are employed even for just one month during 2025.
In the amendments to the guidance of the law "On Income Tax" through the new example, the Ministry of Finance clarifies that compensation for children under 18 years of age will also benefit those individuals who have been employed for only a single month.
The scheme will continue to be the same through recalculation of income tax, deducting expenses of 48 thousand lek for each dependent child up to 18 years of age.
The condition for the benefit is the completion of the Annual Personal Income Declaration (DIVA). Deductions of expenses from the total annual income will be calculated with the DIVA, which will be completed by March 31, 2026. With the entry into force of the new law "On Income Tax", only employed individuals with annual income over 1.2 million lek per year have the legal obligation to complete the DIVA.
The new example presents the case of an individual employed only in May 2025 with a gross salary of 500,000 lek, who has a dependent child aged 10, who will benefit from the dependent child allowance, according to the new income tax law.
For the year 2025, this individual was withheld tax of 91,100 lek, but from the recalculation of the tax, it results that after the allowed deductions of up to 600,000 lek (deductions are determined according to Article 22 of the Income Tax Law) and the compensation of 48,000 lek for the child, the tax base results negative. But according to the new example, where the taxable base after the allowed deductions results negative, it will be considered 0 lek. Consequently, the recalculated tax is also 0 lek.
As a result, the individual is entitled to receive a full refund of the tax paid during 2025 for 1 month of work, i.e. worth 91,100 lek.
New example added to the guide
Individual "C" during the year 2025 is only employed in the month of May and the gross salary he received in this month is 500,000 lek. The employee has a dependent child aged 10 and has the highest income in the family, has not applied for a deduction as a contribution to any private pension fund, but has meanwhile signed the Personal Status Declaration.
a) Tatimi mbi të ardhurat personale nga punësimi i llogaritur dhe paguar në listëpagesën mujore Të ardhurat e tatueshme – zbritjet e parashikuara në nenin 22, të ligjit = Baza e tatueshme e të ardhurës nga punësimi të individit në muajin maj: 500,000 lekë – 30,000 lekë = 470,000 lekë Tatimi mbi të ardhurat personale nga punësimi = (170,000 lekë * 13%) + [(470,000 lekë – 170,000 lekë) * 23%] = 22,100 lekë + 69,000 lekë= 91,100 lekë
b) Tatimi mbi të ardhurat nga punësimi i llogaritur mbi të ardhurat vjetore Në kushtet që individi nuk ka të ardhura të tjera përveçse të ardhurës nga punësimi, ky individ nuk ka detyrim ligjor për të deklaruar Deklaratën Vjetore të të Ardhurave Personale (DVAP), sipas përcaktimeve ligjore në fuqi. Megjithatë, nëse ky individ zgjedh dhe deklaron DVAP, ku të ardhurat vjetore nga punësimi janë 500,000 lekë, atëherë zbritja nga baza e tatueshme do të jetë e gjithë shuma prej 500,000 lekësh.
Sipas nenit 22, të ligjit nr. 29/2023 për pagat vjetore deri në 600,000 lekë, lejohet një zbritje deri në 600,000 lekë nga baza vjetore, si dhe një kompensim prej 48,000 lekësh për fëmijën në ngarkim të tij, por në çdo rast baza tatimore nuk mund të jetë më e vogël se zero lekë. Në rastet kur diferenca midis të ardhurave vjetore të tatueshme dhe shumës totale të kompensimeve dhe zbritjeve është negative, baza tatimore vjetore konsiderohet të jetë zero. Në rastin konkret diferenca ndërmjet të ardhurës vjetore të tatueshme nga punësimi me shumën totale të zbritjeve rezulton negative prej -148,000 lekësh [500,000 lekë – (600,000 lekë + 48,000 lekë)], prandaj në këtë rast baza e tatueshme do të konsiderohet 0 lekë dhe detyrimi tatimor rrjedhimisht është 0 lekë.
c) Deklarata vjetore DVAP rezulton me tatim të mbipaguar: Nëse individi zgjedh të deklarojë DVAP atëherë tatimi i paguar në listëpagesën e muajit Maj, do t’i rimbursohet. Konkretisht administrata tatimore duhet të rimbursojë individin me diferencën ndërmjet tatimit të paguar me tatimin e llogaritur në DVAP = 91,100 lekë – 0 lekë = 91,100 lekë rimbursim për vlerën e mbipaguar nga tatimi mbi të ardhurat personale nga punësimi.
Si do të rillogaritet tatimi pas zbritjes së shpenzimeve për fëmijët
Ligji “Për tatimin mbi të ardhurat” parashikon zbritje nga baza e tatueshme prej 48 mijë lekë në vit për çdo fëmijë në ngarkim të moshës deri 18 vjeç, e përfiton çdo individ, pavarësisht nivelit të të ardhurave. Ndërsa shpenzimet fikse për arsimin me vlerë 100 mijë lekë në vit, pavarësisht numrit të fëmijëve, e përfitojnë vetëm individët me të ardhura deri në kufirin e 1,2 milionë lekëve në vit.
Prej individëve tatimi mbi të ardhurat nga paga është paguar çdo muaj për vitin 2025, por zbritja e shpenzimeve për fëmijët nga totali i të ardhurave vjetore të fituara nga punësimi, do të bëhet në Mars 2026 përmes plotësimit të Deklaratës Vjetore të të Ardhurave (DIVA).
If a credit surplus appears in DIVA after deducting expenses, it means that the taxes owed to this individual have a debt to repay. So if the tax paid during 2025 turns out to be higher than the tax calculated after deducting expenses in DIVA, which will be completed by March 31, 2026, in this case the individual has the right to request a refund of the money, i.e. its return, within 3 months.
In a married couple, the member with the highest annual income is entitled to deduct expenses for dependent children and for education if the income limit is met. Therefore, the deduction of expenses for children from the annual taxable base is not enjoyed by both parents of dependent children, but only by the one with the highest declared income.
The effect of compensating for expenses for children is estimated at 15 million euros.
Minister of Finance Petrit Malaj recently stated in the Laws Committee, during the presentation of the fiscal package, that next year, from the implementation of compensation for expenses for children under 18 years of age, through the DIVA declaration, the financial effect is estimated at 15 million euros.
"Starting next year, the implementation of the facilities provided for in the Income Tax Law will begin, so that through the Individual Income Tax Declaration/DIVA, we can also help families with children under 18 years of age."
Every family with dependent children under the age of 18 will have the right to deduct 48,000 lek for each child from the Individual Annual Income Declaration.
This means that the effective tax rate paid (the ratio of tax paid to gross income) decreases significantly.
According to preliminary calculations, the financial effect of this initiative will be 1.5 billion lek or 15 million euros more in the budget of Albanian families. /Monitor
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