Taxpayers' association Lipa and association Voice of Entrepreneurs are demanding complete transparency of all governmental bodies and organizations financed by the Croatian taxpayers. We are encouraging you to sign this petition with the goal of demanding the government to make all its spending transparent.
Our demands:
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Complete transparency of the central state budget
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Complete transparency of local administrations’ budgets
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Complete transparency of public companies
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Complete transparency of all extrabudgetary beneficiaries
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Complete transparency of receipts from associations and NGO’s financed by the government
For more information click here (only in Croatian) or click below to sign the petition.
WHO DO WE REPRESENT?
Taxpayers' association Lipa and association Voice of Entrepreneurs are demanding complete transparency of all governmental bodies and organizations financed by the Croatian taxpayers. We are encouraging you to sign this petition with the goal of demanding the government to make all its spending transparent.
Our demands:
-
Complete transparency of the central state budget
-
Complete transparency of local administrations’ budgets
-
Complete transparency of public companies
-
Complete transparency of all extrabudgetary beneficiaries
-
Complete transparency of receipts from associations and NGO’s financed by the government
For more information click here (only in Croatian) or click below to sign the petition.
WHO DO WE REPRESENT?
Croatian taxpayers – citizens, companies and craft enterprises that fill the national budget by paying taxes and para-fiscal levies. They don’t have a voice in the public discourse and are very underrepresented in regard to their importance and role they have in the society.
It is a paradox that interest groups that live off of the national budget are often more powerful and have more influence than the people who pay towards it.
LIPA IS THE VOICE OF TAXPAYERS IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND REPRESENTS THEIR INTERESTS.
"I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money."
Arthur Morton Godfrey
WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?
LOWER TAXES
Croatia has one of the highest tax burdens in the world. Especially detrimental is the high taxation of labour, which discourages new employment and entrepreneurial endeavours.
Taxpayers have the right to demand a reduction of the general level of taxation and consequently to have the biggest part of their paycheck at their disposal.
PUBLIC DEBT REDUCTION
Irresponsible governments in coalition with interest groups led Croatia to the very edge of excessive indebtedness. Paying that debt in the coming years will further burden Croatian taxpayers.
The objective of "Lipa" is to alert citizens about the amount of public debt and the interest we are paying.
EFFICIENCY
Taxpayers’ money must be spent purposefully i.e. it should be directed to the public services important for all citizens instead of on specific goals such as buying votes, satisfying certain groups, and buying social peace with wrong measures.
TRANSPARENCY
Lipa will focus all its activities on putting pressure at all levels of government to enable citizens a better insight into how their money is spent.
Lipa will focus all its activities on putting pressure at all levels of government to enable citizens a better insight into how their money is spent.
SMALLER GOVERNMENT
Croatian administration is a too large and too expensive bureaucratic apparatus. Lipa is committed to reducing bureaucracy and limiting public spending.
Our plan is to use public pressure to influence the Government to cut spending and introduce a balanced budget and greater fiscal responsibility.