Fiscalisation in Croatia
Croatian fiscalisation (fiskalizacija) is online-only: every receipt is transmitted to the Croatian tax authority (Porezna uprava) in real time at the moment it is issued and returned signed. Unlike Austria, there is no Startbeleg, Schlussbeleg, or annual receipt — reporting happens continuously, per receipt.
The ongoing signing and transmission is handled by bessa Sign (see Receipt fiscalisation and transmission). Registering the business premises, by contrast, is done by you or your tax advisor in the ePorezna portal — this is not part of bessa.
Prerequisites
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The company OIB — your company's Croatian tax identification number (Osobni identifikacijski broj).
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An OIB per user (OIB operatera) — every user who posts needs their own OIB. It is stored per user in the master data and assigned to the issuing user on every receipt.
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A registered business premises — every business premises must be registered with the Porezna uprava before the first receipt is issued (see Register a business premises).
Because Croatia fiscalises exclusively online and bessa uses no offline mode, a stable internet connection is mandatory. Without an active connection, no receipts can be issued and no Sales Point closing can be performed.
Consumption tax
In Croatia, certain items — such as beverages in hospitality — incur a consumption tax (porez na potrošnju) in addition to the normal VAT. In bessa Kassa this is modelled via a tax cross-reference: a tax rate then exists twice — once without and once with the cross-reference. Details: Additional taxes via tax cross-reference.