The Vice-Chairman of the Economy Committee, Enno Bozdo, has expressed the concern of businesses regarding pressure from tax authorities on them, for the settlement of unpaid obligations that have been extinguished by the fiscal peace.

According to Enno Bozdo, the law on the elimination of liabilities has created many problems in the interaction of businesses with tax authorities.

The Ministry of Finance has not issued the bylaws, creating an absurd and dangerous situation.

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As a member of the Albanian Parliament, in recent weeks I have received dozens of direct complaints and concerns from businesses across the country, which continue to face demands for the repayment of old tax liabilities, despite the fact that these liabilities are expressly forgiven or extinguished by law. It is incredible, but above all unacceptable, that more than four months after the entry into force of Law No. 84/2025 “On the Fiscal Peace Agreement” and Law No. 86/2025 “On the Cancellation, Extinction and Payment of Tax Liabilities”, these laws approved by the Parliament continue to fail to find real implementation in practice. Especially for this last law, the situation is worrying because many problems have been created in the interaction of businesses with fiscal authorities!

The cause is clear and can no longer be hidden behind technical justifications: the Ministry of Finance has not fulfilled its legal obligation to issue the necessary sub-legal acts for the implementation of this law. This intentional or irresponsible inaction has created an absurd and dangerous situation, where the law exists only on paper, while the tax administration continues to act as if it had never been approved.

The lack of bylaws is not simply a bureaucratic delay. It has paved the way for abuses and pressure from tax structures on businesses, giving them room for arbitrary treatment, selective interpretations and the exercise of financial pressure on entrepreneurship. Instead of this legal framework bringing legal peace and final closure of the chapter on old debts, it has produced more uncertainty, more fear and a further deterioration of the business climate.

It must be strongly emphasized that these laws were adopted as the government itself requested, without any changes, even after repeated requests from opposition MPs for more transparency, clarity, and legal guarantees.

During the parliamentary process, Democratic Party deputies proposed concrete amendments to establish control mechanisms and transparency over beneficiary entities. All of these amendments were rejected by the majority, while full transparency was never provided on how the laws would be implemented and who would actually benefit from them.

Today, after four months of non-implementation, the consequences are clear: the administration acts without clear rules, businesses are punished and the will of the Parliament is ignored. This is a typical and scandalous case where the administration has become stronger than the Assembly, where a ministry, through inaction, has managed to block the implementation of laws voted by the legislative branch. This precedent constitutes an institutional and constitutional scandal, because it directly violates the principle of separation of powers and undermines the authority of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania.

The law is not and cannot be optional. Sub-legal acts do not create the right, but only regulate the manner of its exercise. Their failure to issue them does not suspend the law, but exposes the administration to direct liability for the damage it is causing to businesses and the economy.

Under these conditions, I publicly demand the immediate issuance of all bylaws for the implementation of this legal framework, the prohibition of any tax action for obligations forgiven by law, full transparency on implementation and beneficiary entities, as well as political and administrative responsibility for this open sabotage of the law.

At the same time, I call on businesses to reject any abusive request from the tax administration, which, contrary to the law, demands what the law prohibits!

Business cannot and should not be held hostage to institutional arrogance and inaction. When a law is passed by the Assembly and not implemented by the government, the problem is not technical – it is political.