Skopje, 20th December 2025 –Treasury Department, as part of the Ministry of Finance, is operating with no interruptions, making payments on regular basis, which are scheduled to continue through 31st December 2025, as is the case with other institutions. All financial obligations undertaken by the Government will be settled by the end of the year. Our aim is to ensure that Budget revenue and expenditure performance fully aligns with the projections, while keeping the budget deficit at its projected level, as pointed out by Deputy Minister of Finance, Nikolche Jankulovski, in his guest appearance on TV 21, stressing that payments are being made in an interrupted manner, and that wages, social allowances, vacation allowance, block grants to municipalities, and other current expenditures are being paid on regular basis.
“Treasury Department, as an integral part of the Ministry of Finance, is and will keep operating without disruption, as all other institutions, by 31st December 2025. Treasury’s current operations, coupled with the timely payments thereby, clearly demonstrate that there are no interruptions. Social allowances, vacation allowance, financial obligations arising from the cooperation with the relevant institutions, block grants to municipalities, as well as wages and other current expenditures, are paid on regular basis. Each financial obligation recorded and approved, will be paid by
31st December inclusive,” Deputy Minister said.
He clarified that the information provided by the Ministry of Finance to budget users and government institutions regarding the submission of payment orders by 15th December, was solely of an organizational nature.
“The purpose was submitting the payment orders by 15th December, thus, providing for the Treasury Department to project all expenditure items and provide the required information related to the other fiscal parameters, by the end of the year. All other alleged claims suggesting that the Treasury Department would halt payments entirely, the shortage of funds, or potential financial disruptions, were spread by the opposition parties,” Jankulovski stated, who added that the majority of institutions adhered to the deadline and submitted their payment orders on time.
Deputy Minister underlined that each financial obligation recorded and approved, will be paid by 31st December inclusive, with the required funds to made available therefor by year-end.
“Tax Compliance Calendar is defined beforehand, and we expect additional inflows by the end of the month, on the basis of corporate income tax, value added tax, falling due on 25th December, coupled by the social contributions, which are paid at month-end. Given that most of the companies are paying bonuses and vacation allowances to employees during this period, we expect that the projected revenues will be collected to a large extent,” Deputy Minister of Finance, Nikolche Jankulovski pointed out.
