Croatia Property Tax for Foreigners

Using the calculator

1. Choose what you want to work out: buying, owning or selling.
2. Enter the figures the form asks for: the price; or the floor area and your town's amount per m²; or the sale and purchase prices and when you sell.
3. Each tax and cost appears on its own line with how it is worked out, and the total below.

Buying

The buyer pays a real estate transfer tax of 3% of the market value — normally the price, unless the tax office sets a higher value. A new home bought from a VAT-registered developer before it was first used carries 25% VAT in the price instead, and no transfer tax. Add the notary, the land registry and your lawyer. Citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland buy on the same terms as Croatians; others need reciprocity with their country and the Ministry of Justice's consent. The old first-home exemption is gone.

Owning

Since 2025 every town charges a yearly property tax of €0.60 to €8.00 per m² of useful area — a holiday home or a flat let to tourists pays it; a home you live in permanently, or let to a tenant for at least ten months a year, is exempt. Rent from a tenant is taxed at 12% after a flat 30% for expenses; letting to tourists is usually taxed by a lump sum per bed that the town sets.

Selling

A gain is taxed at 24% only if you sell within two years of buying and the home was not where you or your close family lived. After two years there is no tax on the gain. A lawyer checks the land register, the permits and the tax position before you buy or sell.