Mate Rimac Claims State Owes Him 40,000 Euros After Appearing on List of Tax Debtors

November the 5th, 2026 – Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac has claimed that the state actually owes him 40,000 euros after he appeared on the country’s list of tax debtors. Mate Rimac reacted after it was published that his name is on the official list of tax debtors, with a recorded debt of 39,261.64 euros. Poslovni reports that he claimed that the situation is actually the opposite and that the state should return almost 40,000 euros in tax to him after he sold a car abroad. In order to support his claims, Rimac published on Facebook the decision of the Customs Administration by which a tax refund was approved to him, as well as a screenshot of the mPorezna application, on which a debt of almost 40,000 euros is not shown. “When the state needs to return tax TO YOU, and you end up on the list of tax debtors. Well, f*** this life…”, Rimac wrote. He explained that he sold the car abroad and that because of that he is entitled to a refund of part of the special tax on motor vehicles (PPMV). Mate Rimac is currently located in Singapore, and he found out about the publication of the information about the tax debt, as he stated, only after waking up. He didn’t hide his dissatisfaction and irritation with the way the Croatian media reported on the case. “I’m currently in Singapore so this unfolded while I was sleeping. And our amazing portals can hardly wait to publish anything without checking anything or sending an inquiry for a comment,” he wrote. Along with his post, Rimac attached the decision of the Ministry of Finance, that is, the Customs Administration in Zagreb, issued on the 24th of September 2026. According to that document, a refund of the special tax on motor vehicles in the amount of 39,262.91 euros was approved to him. The refund relates to a Ferrari 812 GTS car, first registered on the 22nd of September 2020, which Rimac in the meantime sold abroad. “The request of Mate Rimac (…) is accepted and a refund of the special tax on motor vehicles in the amount of 39,262.91 EUR is approved,” it states in the decision that he published. According to the mentioned document, the money should be paid to him from the state budget after delivery of the original of the enforceable decision. Rimac also published a screenshot of the mPorezna application which on 3 November shows a debt of only 4.83 euros. To briefly recap, the Tax Administration published on the 31st of October the list of tax debtors on which Mate Rimac, founder of Rimac Automobili and head of the company Bugatti Rimac, is also found. On the list for Zagreb County he is listed in 125th place, with a total debt of 39,261.64 euros. For the final clarification of the case an official statement from the Tax Administration is needed. It should also be emphasised that the debt is recorded in the name of Mate Rimac as a natural person and does not relate to the operations of the Rimac Group, Bugatti Rimac or other companies with which he is connected. the customs administration admits its mistake and apologises to rimac Mate Rimac has since received an apology from the customs authorities, publishing their response on Facebook. In it, it is confirmed that his name ended up on the list of tax debtors by mistake. They stated that he actually has no overdue debts on the basis of the special tax on motor vehicles and they apologised to him for the inconvenience caused. In the response, that he published it is stated that by verification an error was established during the publication of the list of tax debtors. “By the conducted checks it was established that during the publication of the list of debtors an error occurred and that Mate Rimac has no overdue debts on the basis of the special tax on motor vehicles,” it states in the response of the Customs Administration. They explain that the error occurred in the algorithm for updating the list of tax obligors. Because of that the amount of 39,262.91 euros, which the state budget was supposed to return to Rimac, was incorrectly shown as his debt. “It is, therefore, an error, and Mate Rimac’s statements in relation to this issue are completely founded,” they state from the Customs Administration. At the end of the response, they apologised for the error. “Therefore, we apologise to the entire public and especially to Mate Rimac for the inconvenience caused,” they concluded. The post Mate Rimac Claims State Owes Him 40,000 Euros After Appearing on List of Tax Debtors appeared first on Total Croatia .