Developments in September 2026

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Account data of US taxpayers held at Montenegrin financial institutions now reaches the IRS on a regular, systematic basis rather than only on individual request. Under CRS, the Tax Administration will also receive data from partner states on accounts that Montenegrin tax residents hold abroad.

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For foreigners buying or selling property in Türkiye, the obligation to route the sale price through the Secure Payment System is set to apply from 1 December 2026, once the announced regulation amendment is made.

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Foreign-owned employers in Türkiye and foreigners employed there under a Turkish employment contract now have an express rule for hybrid work: the workplace and remote days and the working hours are fixed in the employment contract.

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If Parliament adopts the bill, Montenegrin entities of foreign multinational groups in the €750 million scope would have 15 months instead of 18 to file top-up tax returns after the first year.

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The audit describes a permit system running well above the Government's own annual quota and calls for quotas matched to actual labour market demand; that quota is the mechanism deciding how many residence and work permits are available to foreigners in a year.

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If the licence has been withdrawn as reported, the bank is no longer authorised to operate in Türkiye, which directly concerns foreign residents and foreign-owned companies that hold accounts with it or route payments through it.

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For a foreign buyer or seller of property in Türkiye, the reported change concerns how the purchase money moves: the price would sit in a secure account tied to completion of the title deed transfer rather than passing directly between the parties at the registry.

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The reported floors are set by the education level required for the post and would reach both foreign nationals employed in Montenegro and employers there, including foreign-owned ones; the programme has not yet been adopted by parliament.

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Foreign investors holding units in the listed funds are reported to be paid in cash into their reconciled individual custody accounts in proportion to their units, with amounts from TEFAS sell orders that were not executed booked as a debt of the fund and paid first.

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The restriction covers raw material leaving Montenegro, so companies that buy, process or export timber there face a changed export position before the heating season; the report notes warnings that firms with orders already agreed with foreign partners could be affected. For residents heating with pellets, the reported €330 to €400 per tonne stays a market price, as the measure does not cap retail prices.

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For foreign investors whose Turkish portfolios include repo transactions outside central clearing, missing the notification hour or the blocking requirement cancels the trade itself rather than triggering a late-settlement penalty.

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Transfer tax is charged on acquisitions of real estate in Montenegro, including purchases by foreigners, and issue 132/2026 is where the wording of the amending act is published.

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For a foreign investor holding shares in a company listed in Türkiye, the reported change sets the point at which a stake becomes publicly notifiable at 3% of the capital, and from 11 September 2026 such holders appear in tables kept updated by MKK.

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Foreign owners of flats in Montenegro pay into building funds and depend on the rules that decide how a building is managed and how its money is controlled; a replacement act would set those rules afresh, and the draft is at the public consultation stage.

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A foreign investor whose Turkish company exports and borrows through the rediscount programme carries less tax on that borrowing, and the relief now reaches long-term credit as well as short-term. The announcement describes the tax treatment, not who qualifies for the programme.

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For foreigners living in or investing in Montenegro, the accession timetable is the reference point for any rule whose application is tied to the date of EU membership, and the ministry now puts the remaining six positions at the end of September and membership at 2028.

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Three of the reported adoptions touch areas a foreigner in Montenegro deals with directly — acquiring real estate, criminal procedure and personal data — so the wording of those texts determines what changes. As reported, neither the content nor the date of application is stated.

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A foreign customer opening an account remotely at a Turkish payment or electronic money institution is, on this report, verified through an NFC chip passport, so a passport whose chip cannot be read does not fit the route described.

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For foreigners buying property or a company in Montenegro, the reported rules reach assets transferred to family members and third parties, so the purpose of an earlier transfer in the seller's chain can matter to a later acquisition.

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For owners and buyers of property around Žabljak, the local planning document will be adopted in the manner and procedure the law prescribes for state planning documents rather than by the municipal assembly, so the adoption steps run at government level.