Challenges of Tax Auditing between Regulations and Practices in Croatia and Slovenia

Abstract

The article provides a comparative overview of tax audit in Croatia and Slovenia and points out the need to distinguish the term tax audit from other types of tax auditing - control, inspection, or monitoring in tax law. There are other types or forms and procedures of monitoring in the tax area besides tax audit, stricto sensu. The position of a taxpayer and the rights and obligations of the tax audit participants are fundamentally different from other types of auditing in tax law. One of the key elements to identifying and solving the challenges of tax audit in Croatia and Slovenia is to understand what types of monitoring tax regulations define, since the positions of the tax authority and the taxpayer are not the same when it comes to different auditing procedures. Due to the ambiguities in practice, the need for a systematic approach and clear differentiation of the types of tax auditing is indicated with the goal of achieving legal certainty and legality in taxation.