General Directorate of Taxes (Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Tatimeve)
Ownership as documented
State institution
Description
Tax administration. Referred the Bankers Petroleum probe (December 2024, as reported); administers the 2025-2026 amnesty law (EUR 313m erased, as reported); a criminal report against eight senior officials is reported but unverified.
Contracts and money
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Tax, customs and social-contribution liabilities erased under the amnesty law
€313,000,000
Incomplete figureotherSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: Figure as stated by the tax administration via Albanian Daily News; a 'to date' figure, process ongoing. This is forgone revenue, not a loss estimate. Incomplete.
Date: 10 Jul 2026 · Payer: Taxpayers (beneficiaries) · Payee: State (forgone revenue)
- 121,630 taxpayers have benefited to date (opens in a new tab)Albanian Daily News · 10 Jul 2026 · journalism · EN
Alleged state damage through fraudulent VAT claims (Bankers Petroleum Albania)
No amount recorded
Incomplete figurelossSource label: Under investigationStated definition: 'Several million euros' (prosecutors' preliminary findings, as reported); 'over 11 million euros' (another outlet). Incomplete; not confirmed by a court.
Date: Jul 2025 · Payer: State budget (alleged loss) · Payee: Bankers Petroleum Albania (alleged)
- bankers petroleum nën hetim dyshohet se për 20 vite shmangu taksat (opens in a new tab)Citizens.al · 4 Jul 2025 · journalism · SQ
Scrap-trade fictitious VAT invoices (as reported)
No amount recorded
Incomplete figurelossSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: 26 million USD per Top Channel report; not converted; date unknown; link to tax officials unconfirmed. Incomplete.
Date: unknown · Payer: State budget (alleged loss) · Payee: Companies (alleged)
- VAT fraud scheme (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · unknown · journalism · EN
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
- Investigation→Bankers Petroleum Albania: VAT and tax probe; arrest measures in July 2025Source label: Under investigation
referral of tax probe
Evidence: The probe began on 30 Dec 2024 on a General Directorate of Taxes referral (as reported).
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From Dec 2025
Tax amnesty and fiscal peace law: erasure of tax liabilities and international criticism
A government package of tax amnesty and a Fiscal Peace Agreement was approved in principle by Parliament around December 2025, according to Eurofast. Albanian Daily News reports, citing the tax…
Status: In effect in 2026 (per tax administration as reported)
From 30 Dec 2024
Bankers Petroleum Albania: VAT and tax probe; arrest measures in July 2025
A tax and money-laundering probe into Bankers Petroleum Albania began on 30 December 2024 after a referral from the General Directorate of Taxes, as reported. In early July 2025 prosecutors issued 14…
Status: Under investigation; referred to SPAK (per BalkanWeb, not verified)
From unknown
Tax Office: criminal report against eight senior officials and 11 companies (reported, unverified)
Top Channel reports that the Ministry of Finance filed a criminal report against eight senior Tax Office figures, including two former directors, and against 11 companies. The source says the matter…
Status: Preliminary verification stage (as reported); date unknown
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Albanian Daily News
- Date
- 10 Jul 2026
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Publisher
- Citizens.al
- Date
- 4 Jul 2025