Comprehensive tax advice services

FOR YOU, WE TAKE CARE OF

CURRENT TAX CONSULTANCY

Tax consultancy with all kinds of taxes and contributions, including international arena:

Taxation of individuals with income tax
Social Security contributions
Taxation of legal entities
Tax deduction
Value added tax
Taxation of real estate
Excise duties
Other forms of taxes

REPRESENTATION IN TAX INSPECTION PROCEDURES

We combine extensive knowledge of international tax legislation, including knowledge of accounting and statutory regulations. Therefore, we prepare you for a possible visit by inspectors and participate in inspections.

Preparing for an inspector’s visit
Performing as a proxy in the process
Communication with the tax authority
Preparation of remarks, complaints and other legal remedies in the procedure

TRANSFER PRICES

Transfer prices represent one of the most risky areas of international taxation, as 70% of international trade is carried out within international groups of companies. We advise you in the field of transfer pricing so that your business will be in line with the law.

Review of relevance of transfer pricing
Preparation of the relevant transfer pricing documentation

TAX OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Obtaining the information needed to make strategic decisions or analyze the company’s operations and assess current and future business risks. Read more about Due diligence here.

ADVANTAGES OF CONSULTING AT UNIJA

You get all the answers to questions from different fields in one place. We are excellent in as many as 6 markets in Central and Eastern Europe and offer practical solutions for work optimization.

COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF ISSUES FROM VARIOUS AREAS

Legal, accounting, tax, financial and business consulting in one place.

CONSULTING IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE

All types of consulting in the CEE region in one place. We are proud of the large team of consultants in as many as 14 European countries.

HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS

With many years of experience in practice and an active role as lecturers and as authors of professional publications.

INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT

We treat all our clients individually, offer them practical solutions and help them optimize their work.

Unija Consulting Team

Know-how and experience that stand on an exceptional professional foundation and a thorough knowledge of the challenges you face.

HIGH PROFESSIONALISM

High professionalism is a fundamental factor that influences the selection of an expert for consulting in a particular field and also the trust of clients. The employees of Unija Consulting confirm their professionalism with both formal education and continuing professional education. More than 100 hours of annual training is well above the European average, ranging between 30 and 40 hours. We are aware that we can set and maintain high professional standards only with qualified professional staff.

Our experts

At Unija, we are aware of the importance of a personal approach, so we invite you to meet our experts who take care of your issues and take a look at their achievements.

Blaž Šlemic, mag. poslovnih ved

Direktor

who, with his many years of experience in the field of business finance, helps companies in optimizing operations and financing, and advises on business decisions.

dr. Nina Orehek Ručigaj

Direktorica, vodja pravnega in davčnega svetovanja

Specialist in tax, commercial and labor law. She covers all types of legal issues of commercial and contract law, insolvency proceedings

Kristinka Vukovič

Računovodska in davčna svetovalka

She began her career as a high school lecturer, continued in the accounting department, in valuing companies and privatization procedures.

Tadeja Jerič

Pravna in davčna svetovalka

She holds a law degree and specializes in labor law and all other forms of work, taxation of natural persons and other tax areas.

Anja Premrn

Davčna svetovalka

Masters in Business Administration. Helps both Slovenian and foreign clients solve tax dilemmas. She is also the author of numerous professional articles.

Andreja Hočevar

Svetovalka za zaposlovanje tujcev

She is a consultant in the field of employment of foreigners and in the legal basis related to it. Her field of work also includes advice on regulating the posting of workers to EU Member States or third countries and related resident statuses.

Dejan Kaligaro

Finančni svetovalec

He assists and advises companies in the field of business finance, especially in the preparation of business plans, cash flows, forecasting business plans, assessing the value of companies and obtaining and optimizing financial liabilities.

David Čeplak

Direktor Unija HUB

He has many years of experience in business management, sales and acquisitions, and also works in the development and implementation of business ideas in various fields.

Dušan Banović

Voditelj poslovnog savjetovanja

Financial advisor with long-term experience in corporate finance and controlling specialized in business planning, financing and M&A activities.

Luka Antunović

Legal Practice Leader

Legal Practice Leader in cooperation with ZBA, with almost 10 years of significant experience in providing legal advice to numerous international clients, primarily in commercial law. Legal 500 Member.

Ivan Podgorski-Boček

voditelj odjela poreznog savjetovanja/Head of Tax Advisory Services

Specialized in tax law, with more than 8 years of experience in providing tax advisory services to numerous international clients from VAT, CIT, PIT and other tax aspects.

Džejna Mahović

Head of legal department

Legal consultant with years of experience in commercial, labor and contract law.

Sena Klapuh

Legal associate

Legal consultant with years of experience in commercial, labor and contract law.

Dragana Ašić Ratkovac

Head of Tax Department

Tax consultant with more than 10 years of experience in consulting numerous international clients in the field of VAT, income tax, and transfer pricing. Since 2016, a member of the Serbian Fiscal Society – IFA Branch.

Marija Dišić Abazović

Legal & Tax consultant

A graduated economist with more than 7 years of work experience in the field of audit and tax consulting.

Biljana Miletić

Tax apprentice

A graduated economist who started her career in the tax department in the Unija after finishing her studies. She is currently building her knowledge in the areas of VAT and transfer pricing.

mag.oec Iva Asanović

Country Manager

MSc in Accounting and Audit, Certified Accountant and Court Expert Witness in economics and finance, with experience more than 13 years

Branislav Serafimoski

Country Manager

An economist graduated in accounting and auditing, certified accountant with more than 10 years of experience in accounting in recognized companies in the field of financial services.

Frequently asked questions

There are always many accounting issues, but some are more common. Maybe yours is among them, so check them out below. If you have not found the answer, please contact us and we will be happy to answer your questions.

What is our area of expertise when it comes to tax advisory services?

We provide tax advisory services related to direct and indirect taxation that include answering to tax inquiries, tax analysis, advising entrepreneurs and legal entities for tax optimization and achieving legal tax savings through analysing your business activities.We are focused to avoid tax risks and additional taxes and penalties in case of tax audit. When we are engaged to prepare/overview of CIT or VAT returns, we analyse possibilities for you to achieve tax credits, tax reliefs and incentives and we prepare necessary documentation for you. Unique approach from wide experience we have in Serbia and countries in region helps us to make a strong base for international tax planning as well.

Thinking about establishing some legal form in region?

At the very beginning when you only have thoughts about starting up some business, but you are not sure which kind of legal form would be the best option, having in mind planned business activities and transactions in order to optimize your tax costs, we are here. We approach each client on an individual level to determine the real needs and give the best business proposals. To resume, we take care about you and your business step by step. How? First step providing pre consulting services in order to decide the best legal form for you, second step we provide legal services for establishing company and third step good accounting and tax settings for long-term secure business.

Tax health check and due diligence

It is very important to identify tax risks, not only if you are thinking about transaction of company takeover, but also when you would like to check tax health of your current company activities and to avoid unnecessary punishments and to check is there any room for tax savings (optimization). Tax due diligence is the diagnosis of tax risks of the legal entity that is the subject of this analysis, as well as the identification of non-compliance with the relevant tax laws. The subject of due diligence are usually all types of tax liabilities, with special emphasis on corporate income tax, value added tax and personal income tax. Such verification of the legality of business enables you as the taxpayer to take corrective actions in a timely manner and make relevant decisions.

Having transactions with related parties?

In Unija we provide services of preparation of TP documentation for all region at one place, that leads us to the unique approach, best practice and lower prices if we prepare Master file and local files for several countries in region. We use the same data, so in case of international TP audit all related parties will be covered in the same manner. Next to the preparation of TP documentation, we create TP policies for you and TP consulting services, in case you would like to check during the business year are you on the right path when it comes to the transactions with related parties.

RECOMMENDATIONS

At the Institute of Public Administration as a research and consulting institute, we are very well aware of the importance of outsourcing; do only what you know best, and leave the rest to qualified contractors. In our case, this is true and we consider cooperation with the Unija to be very successful. The professionalism of the employees, excellent responsiveness and a high level of tax security are the qualities we attribute to our accounting firm.

dr. Rajko Pirnat, direktor Inštituta INŠTITUT ZA JAVNO UPRAVO PRI PF

Due to the growing need for optimization and improvement of work processes in the field of payroll and HR consulting, we found ourselves at a turning point, where the Accounting Service Unija came to us with its fast and efficient solutions. We knew from the beginning that we needed customized software solutions, and for this very reason it was important for us to find a reliable partner.

Martina Bohinc, C&A Moda d.o.o Chief accountant Slovenia/Finance Store Controller Slovenia/Croatia/Serbia

Accounitng service Unija is a good partner for companies with a global mindset. At Eurosender, we have worked with the Unija at various stages of our development and they have always supported us with quality services and professionalism. Their international approach and rich experience are crucial in providing quality services.

Jan Štefe, direktor Eurosender d.o.o

Hilti has entrusted the Unija with virtually all accounting and tax management in order to ensure efficiency and, above all, full compliance. Among other things, the Unija has shown us great flexibility, as they have helped us to introduce a new operating system. These positive experiences that we had in Serbia led us to expand our cooperation with the Unija in the other two countries, Bosnia and Montenegro.

Hilti Serbia, Paolo DellaFlora Accounting & Treasury Manager