Published: June 12, 2026 at 08:05 AM
Updated: June 12, 2026 at 08:05 AM
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NIS: Serbian bidder faces tax account blocks and a first court dispute
On June 12, Forbes/N1 examined Ranko Mimovic's company, which Reuters had named on May 6 as a possible buyer of NIS for EUR 2 billion: KFT Senator Treasury G.T.7 Dva had its account blocked six times in half a year at the initiative of the Tax Administration. The article adds another risk to the long-running NIS story: alongside the MOL, Gazprom Neft, and OFAC track, the realism of alternative Serbian ownership bids remains in question.
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He wants NIS, but not to pay tax? It is known who blocked Mimovic's firm and why, and now there is a first court dispute
(Hoće NIS, ali neće da plati porez?: Poznato ko je i zašto blokirao Mimovićevu firmu, a sada ima i prvi sudski spor)
Forbes/N1 writes that Reuters reported on May 6 that a newly formed Serbian company had offered EUR 2 billion for NIS, while the NBS register showed six account blocks at KFT Senator Treasury G.T.7 Dva within half a year. All blocks were initiated by the Tax Administration branch in Subotica over corporate profit tax; the largest block from last year was RSD 33,032, one January block was RSD 11,600, three were in the RSD 9,300-9,600 range, and the smallest March block was RSD 5,682. The company was founded on August 18, 2025, its sole owner is Ranko Mimovic, it has not published a financial report for four and a half months of work, and at the end of March 2026 it filed a declaration of inactivity. Forbes/N1 also found the first court dispute against the company: on May 28 the Justice Portal opened an enforcement case over monetary assets based on an authentic document for RSD 98,496, but the court issued a lack-of-jurisdiction decision the same day.
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