Croatian transfer pricing (transferne cijene) in tax year 2026. It covers who counts as a related person (Profit Tax Act art. 13(2) and General Tax Act art. 49), when purely domestic deals are caught (art. 13(5): tax-privileged party or losses carried forward), the arm's length rule and the five…
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| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profit tax rate, revenue up to EUR 1,000,000 in the period | 10% | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 28) |
| Profit tax rate, revenue above EUR 1,000,000 in the period | 18% | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 28) |
| Interest rate on loans between related persons (minimum on loans given, maximum on loans received) | 2.65% | 2026 | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2025_12_150_2236.html |
| How that rate is set | average of the ECB main refinancing rate published by the Croatian National Bank in the current year, published before the tax period | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro23 (Rulebook art. 37(1) and (2)) |
| Thin capitalisation: shareholder holding | at least 25% of shares, capital or votes | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 8(1)) |
| Thin capitalisation: loans above which interest is not deductible | 4 times the shareholder's share of capital (paid-in capital, retained earnings and reserves, monthly average) | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 8(1) and (3)) |
| Interest limitation on exceeding borrowing costs | 30% of tax EBITDA or EUR 3,000,000, whichever is higher | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 30.a(1)) |
| PD-IPO: small loans to one related person at one rate may be shown as one total | up to EUR 20,000 in the period | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro23 (Rulebook art. 47.b(4)) |
| APA fee, unilateral: revenue on the last return up to EUR 398,168.43, or a business started in the current period | EUR 1,990.84 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(2)) |
| APA fee, unilateral: revenue EUR 398,168.43 to EUR 2,654,456.17 | EUR 3,981.68 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(2)) |
| APA fee, unilateral: revenue above EUR 2,654,456.17 | EUR 6,636.14 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(2)) |
| APA fee add-on: bilateral / multilateral | plus EUR 6,636.14 / plus EUR 13,272.28 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(3) and (4)) |
| APA term | up to 5 years | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 12(1)) |
| Country-by-country report: group consolidated revenue in the prior year | more than EUR 750,000,000 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (Administrative Cooperation Act art. 35(1)) |
| Fine: failing to determine the tax base under the Act (legal person) | EUR 260 to EUR 26,540 (responsible person EUR 260 to EUR 2,650) | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 38(1)(1) and (2)) |
| Fine: not attaching required documents to the return, or not giving data or documents on request (legal person) | EUR 660 to EUR 39,810 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (OPZ art. 193(1)(10), (14), (16)) |
| Fine: not presenting books and records on request, or refusing a tax audit (legal person) | EUR 2,650 to EUR 66,360 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (OPZ art. 192(1)(10), (12)) |
| Fine: CbC report or notice not filed, late, incomplete or wrong (legal person) | EUR 260 to EUR 26,540 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (Administrative Cooperation Act art. 66(1)(2)) |
| Time limit to assess tax | 6 years from the end of the year the liability arose | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (OPZ art. 108(1) and (2)) |
Source-cited draft. No accountant has reviewed this skill yet. The law comes from the consolidated texts published by the Tax Administration (Porezna uprava) and from Narodne novine, all read on 23 October 2026. It prepares working papers; it is not authority to file or pay.
This is the transfer pricing (TP) skill for the Croatian pack. It links rather than repeats:
The law is the Profit Tax Act (Zakon o porezu na dobit, "ZPD", consolidated text in force from 1 January 2026, last amended by NN 151/25), the Profit Tax Rulebook (Pravilnik o porezu na dobit, "Rulebook", consolidated text in force from 16 April 2026, last amended by NN 39/26) and the General Tax Act (Opći porezni zakon, "OPZ", in force from 1 January 2026). Currency: euro (EUR).
Profit taxpayers that deal with related persons. Profit tax is paid by companies and other resident persons that carry on business, by Croatian branches of foreign businesses, and by individuals who pay profit tax instead of income tax (ZPD art. 2(1) to (4)). The TP rule applies to them.
Related persons (povezane osobe), ZPD art. 13(2). One person takes part, directly or indirectly, in the management, supervision or capital of the other, or the same persons take part, directly or indirectly, in the management, supervision or capital of both. The Act sets no minimum percentage for this test.
Wider test for the PD-IPO form. For the PD-IPO form, related persons also include those under OPZ art. 49 (Rulebook art. 47.b(1)). OPZ art. 49 covers persons that form one risk because one controls or has significant influence over the other, persons whose finances are so linked that losses, profits or solvency can pass between them, and persons that carry on business in the same premises with the same equipment. It also covers the taxpayer's spouse, relatives in the direct line, collateral relatives to the fourth degree and in-laws to the same degree, adoptive relations, guardians and people living in the same household (OPZ art. 49(1) and (2)).
Cross-border deals are always in. Domestic deals are in only in two cases. Art. 13 sits under the heading "tax base in dealings between related persons, resident and non-resident". It applies to two related residents only where one of them (ZPD art. 13(5)):
The same two cases bring domestic related-party loans under the interest rule in art. 14 (ZPD art. 14(5); Rulebook art. 37(3)). Separately, OPZ art. 49(3) says contracts between related persons are recognised for tax only if unrelated persons would have agreed the same terms in the same or similar circumstances.
Permanent establishments. The profit of a non-resident's Croatian branch is the profit it would earn as a separate and independent company doing the same business, taking account of functions, assets and risks (ZPD art. 15(2); OPZ art. 50). The Tax Administration applies the OECD Authorised Approach of 2010 (Transferne cijene page).
| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profit tax rate, revenue up to EUR 1,000,000 in the period | 10% | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 28) |
| Profit tax rate, revenue above EUR 1,000,000 in the period | 18% | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 28) |
| Interest rate on loans between related persons (minimum on loans given, maximum on loans received) | 2.65% | 2026 | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2025_12_150_2236.html |
| How that rate is set | average of the ECB main refinancing rate published by the Croatian National Bank in the current year, published before the tax period | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro23 (Rulebook art. 37(1) and (2)) |
| Thin capitalisation: shareholder holding | at least 25% of shares, capital or votes | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 8(1)) |
| Thin capitalisation: loans above which interest is not deductible | 4 times the shareholder's share of capital (paid-in capital, retained earnings and reserves, monthly average) | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 8(1) and (3)) |
| Interest limitation on exceeding borrowing costs | 30% of tax EBITDA or EUR 3,000,000, whichever is higher | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 30.a(1)) |
| PD-IPO: small loans to one related person at one rate may be shown as one total | up to EUR 20,000 in the period | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro23 (Rulebook art. 47.b(4)) |
| APA fee, unilateral: revenue on the last return up to EUR 398,168.43, or a business started in the current period | EUR 1,990.84 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(2)) |
| APA fee, unilateral: revenue EUR 398,168.43 to EUR 2,654,456.17 | EUR 3,981.68 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(2)) |
| APA fee, unilateral: revenue above EUR 2,654,456.17 | EUR 6,636.14 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(2)) |
| APA fee add-on: bilateral / multilateral | plus EUR 6,636.14 / plus EUR 13,272.28 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 15(3) and (4)) |
| APA term | up to 5 years | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 (APA Rulebook art. 12(1)) |
| Country-by-country report: group consolidated revenue in the prior year | more than EUR 750,000,000 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (Administrative Cooperation Act art. 35(1)) |
| Fine: failing to determine the tax base under the Act (legal person) | EUR 260 to EUR 26,540 (responsible person EUR 260 to EUR 2,650) | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 (ZPD art. 38(1)(1) and (2)) |
| Fine: not attaching required documents to the return, or not giving data or documents on request (legal person) | EUR 660 to EUR 39,810 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (OPZ art. 193(1)(10), (14), (16)) |
| Fine: not presenting books and records on request, or refusing a tax audit (legal person) | EUR 2,650 to EUR 66,360 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (OPZ art. 192(1)(10), (12)) |
| Fine: CbC report or notice not filed, late, incomplete or wrong (legal person) | EUR 260 to EUR 26,540 | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (Administrative Cooperation Act art. 66(1)(2)) |
| Time limit to assess tax | 6 years from the end of the year the liability arose | 2026 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi (OPZ art. 108(1) and (2)) |
The propisi.aspx#id=pro links are the Tax Administration's own links to its consolidated texts: pro19 is the ZPD, pro23 the Rulebook and pro1721 the APA Rulebook. The OPZ (under "Porezni postupak") and the Administrative Cooperation Act (under "Administrativna suradnja") are in the same register at https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi.
The adjustment. If related persons agree prices or other terms that differ from what unrelated persons would agree, the taxpayer adjusts its base to the profit it would have made between unrelated persons (ZPD art. 13(1)). The adjustment then bears tax at the taxpayer's normal rate: 10% or 18% depending on revenue (art. 28). An upward adjustment does not add to revenue, so it does not by itself move a company from 10% to 18%.
Methods (ZPD art. 13(3); Rulebook art. 40(1) to (4)).
Interest on related-party loans (ZPD art. 14; Rulebook art. 37).
Thin capitalisation (ZPD art. 8; Rulebook art. 32). Interest on loans from a shareholder holding at least 25% of shares, capital or votes is not deductible on the part of the loans that at any time in the period exceeds 4 times that shareholder's share of capital. Loans from third parties guaranteed by the shareholder and loans from related persons count as shareholder loans (art. 8(2)). Loans from banks and other financial organisations do not (art. 8(1); Rulebook art. 32(4)). The shareholder's share of capital is measured on the last day of each month the loan is used (Rulebook art. 32(2)). No add-back arises where the interest is charged by a domestic profit taxpayer, or where income tax on capital is paid on the interest (Rulebook art. 32(5) and (6)). In practice the rule bites on loans from foreign shareholders and their related persons.
Default interest between related persons is never deductible (ZPD art. 7(1)(8); Rulebook art. 29), whoever charged it.
Order of the interest rules. Interest the taxpayer already added back under art. 8 or art. 14 reduces the amount it must add back under the 30% EBITDA limit (ZPD art. 30.a(11)).
Compensating adjustment (Rulebook art. 40(8) to (11)).
PD return. Filed electronically within 4 months after the end of the tax period, so by 30 April 2027 for calendar 2026. Tax shown as due is payable by the same date (ZPD art. 35(1) to (3)).
PD-IPO form (Izvješće o poslovnim događajima s povezanim osobama). It is filed with the PD return (Rulebook art. 46(2)) whenever the books record business events with related persons in the period (art. 47.b(1)). It has four parts (art. 47.b(2)):
Each row names the related person, its OIB (or VAT ID or tax number), seat and country. It is marked P where either party has privileged tax status and G where either party may carry forward a loss (art. 13(5)). The loan parts also show the holding in capital and votes, the other basis of the relationship, balances, the interest rate, interest above the published rate (art. 14) and interest on loans above 4 times capital (art. 8). Amounts are in euros and cents (art. 47.b(6)).
New for 2026 returns: e-invoice carve-out. A taxpayer within the e-invoice fiscalisation regime does not report in parts II.1 and II.2 the business events shown in e-invoices with domestic related persons that are also within that regime (Rulebook art. 47.b(5), added by NN 39/26). It applies to tax periods starting on or after 1 January 2026 that do not end before 31 December 2026, and it does not apply to a taxpayer that, in its period starting on or after 1 January 2026, is not both an issuer and a recipient of e-invoices (NN 39/26 art. 11(4) and (5)). Loans (parts I.1 and I.2) and foreign related persons are still reported.
Documentation. It is not filed with the return. The taxpayer must hold it and hand it over when the Tax Administration asks (Transferne cijene page). Related-party dealings are recognised only if the taxpayer holds, and on request provides, data on the related persons, the dealings, the methods used, why they were chosen and how the adjustment was made (ZPD art. 13(4)). The content follows the OECD master file and local file (Rulebook art. 40(6)):
Documentation from earlier years that is relied on must be updated for material changes (art. 40(7)). The Act and the Rulebook set no revenue or transaction-value threshold below which documentation is not needed, and no deadline for producing it after a request.
Advance pricing agreement (prethodni sporazum o transfernim cijenama), ZPD art. 14.a and the APA Rulebook (NN 42/17, 156/22).
Country-by-country reporting (Administrative Cooperation Act art. 35; Rulebook on automatic exchange art. 107).
A Croatian d.o.o. with 2026 revenue of EUR 3,000,000 lends EUR 400,000 to its Slovenian subsidiary on 1 January 2026, interest free, outstanding all year. It does not benchmark loans under art. 13, so the published rate applies.
name: Interest-free loan EUR 400,000 to a foreign subsidiary (2026 rate 2.65%)
inputs:
loan: 400000
rate_pct: 2.65
booked_interest: 0
cit_rate: 18
steps:
- minimum_interest: loan * rate_pct / 100
- base_increase: minimum_interest - booked_interest
- extra_tax: base_increase * cit_rate / 100
expected:
minimum_interest: 10600
base_increase: 10600
extra_tax: 1908
Company A, a Croatian d.o.o. with 2026 revenue of EUR 800,000, buys management services from its Croatian sister company B for EUR 120,000. B has tax losses from earlier years that it may carry forward in 2026. Both are domestic, but art. 13 applies because one party can carry forward a loss (ZPD art. 13(5)(2)). In an audit the Tax Administration shows, using cost plus, that the arm's length fee is EUR 70,000.
name: Domestic management fee cut from EUR 120,000 to EUR 70,000 (supplier has losses, 10% rate)
inputs:
fee_paid: 120000
arm_length_fee: 70000
revenue: 800000
rate_threshold: 1000000
cit_rate: 10
steps:
- adjustment: fee_paid - arm_length_fee
- headroom_below_threshold: rate_threshold - revenue
- extra_tax: adjustment * cit_rate / 100
expected:
adjustment: 50000
headroom_below_threshold: 200000
extra_tax: 5000
| Source | URL | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Zakon o porezu na dobit, consolidated text in force from 1 January 2026 (NN 177/04 to 151/25), arts. 2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 14.a, 15, 28, 30.a, 31, 35, 38 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro19 | 2026-10-23 |
| Pravilnik o porezu na dobit, consolidated text in force from 16 April 2026 (NN 95/05 to 39/26), arts. 29, 32, 37, 40, 46, 47, 47.b | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro23 | 2026-10-23 |
| Pravilnik o izmjenama i dopunama Pravilnika o porezu na dobit, NN 39/2026 (art. 47.b(5) and application from 2026 returns) | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2026_04_39_469.html | 2026-10-23 |
| Odluka o objavi kamatne stope na zajmove između povezanih osoba, NN 150/2025 (2.65% for 2026) | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2025_12_150_2236.html | 2026-10-23 |
| Pravilnik o postupku sklapanja prethodnog sporazuma o transfernim cijenama, consolidated (NN 42/17, 156/22), arts. 5, 11, 12, 15 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr_propisi/_layouts/15/in2.vuk2019.sp.propisi.intranet/propisi.aspx#id=pro1721 | 2026-10-23 |
| Opći porezni zakon, consolidated text in force from 1 January 2026 (NN 115/16 to 151/25), arts. 49, 50, 108, 117, 130, 192, 193 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi | 2026-10-23 |
| Hrvatska narodna banka, ECB main refinancing rate in force on 1 July 2026 (2.40%), NN 68/2026 | https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2026_06_68_826.html | 2026-10-23 |
| Zakon o administrativnoj suradnji u području poreza, consolidated (NN 115/16 to 146/25), arts. 34, 35, 66 | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/Propisi | 2026-10-23 |
| Porezna uprava, Transferne cijene (methods, documentation on request, MAP, AOA) | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr/transferne-cijene/3993 | 2026-10-23 |
| Porezna uprava, Prethodni sporazum o transfernim cijenama | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr/prethodni-sporazum-o-transfernim-cijenama/3971 | 2026-10-23 |
| Porezna uprava, Izvješća po državama (CbCr) | https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/hr/izvjesca-po-drzavama-cbcr/4522 | 2026-10-23 |
Not yet confirmed: the late payment interest rate on tax debts for 2026. OPZ art. 130(1) points to a separate law. The Tax Administration's register lists the Zakon o kamatama (NN 94/04, kept in force by the Obligations Act art. 1164), which treats taxes as money obligations (art. 1(2)), and the Croatian National Bank published, under Obligations Act art. 29(9), an ECB rate of 2.40% in force on 1 July 2026 (NN 68/2026). The provision that sets the margin over that rate for tax debts was not read, so no rate is given; whether the Tax Administration expects a corresponding downward adjustment by the domestic counterparty in a case like Example 2; how Rulebook art. 37(5) computes the proportional reduction for withholding tax; any time limit for producing documentation after a request; and the content of the Tax Administration's TP audit manual (Priručnik za nadzor transfernih cijena), which was not read.
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