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Post by upthevilla on May 11, 2012 11:42:34 GMT 1
Yes for this year and all the years i can remember, However you have paid using a differnt option witch is available to owners ONLY and done at the police station with owenrship papers
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Post by Valleycat on May 11, 2012 12:09:46 GMT 1
Yes, a slight issue During the main summer months July and August you are only permitted friends staying 14 - 17 days. All friends, guests, visitors, must be registered at either the police station or at a tourist office.Even you as the foreign owner must be registered and the tax paid, They must pay the 20 kn one off registration fee plus the tourist tax per day, varying from 4 kn - 7 kn per day, per person over the age of 12 years old, under 12s are free. If you take your ownership papers ( not older than 3 months) to the police station then the owner will pay less, aprox 3 kn per day obviously a paper trail is formed, which is how you can be cought if exceding the 2 week friend/ family rule. If you do not sign guests, friends in then you face a much higher risk of being cought and prosecuted, ( 5,000 euro, property sealed and a court date ) The agency that you sign the guests in, by computer are connected to the police .The agency collect the money, but the information is registered at the police station and once you start having lots of friends / guest / visitors regerstering at the property, then it wont be long before you get a visit. My Spouse is Croatian. His family comes. They are also Croatian. They never register. Now they are coming again with children and grandchildren. I'm sure if I tell them to go register with the police they are going to think that I'm, you know what. I just don't want to get caught having a problem that they will think is really funny, I'm sure. I'm sure you know the mentality of the people in the village. I am so happy my spouse is not like that. We don't want to have more problems with the family, if you know what I mean. I know the children and grandchildren were not born here. Open to any suggestions? BTW, what will happen when Croatia becomes part of the EU?
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