UNDP and Canton Sarajevo: How we avoided paying five million KM of VAT
From 2018 to mid-2023, Canton Sarajevo directed public procurement totaling 35.3 million KM through UNDP BiH. This approach not only circumvented the valid Public Procurement Law, but also leveraged UNDP BiH's international agency status to systematically avoid paying over five million KM in value-added tax (VAT).