Amendments and supplements to the Act on the implementation of the Budget for the years 2013 and 2014 (the Act) were published in the Official Gazette (Uradni List, No. 46/2013) of Slovenia On 29 May 2013 on June 5, 2013. The government of Slovenia finalized the increase in the rates of value added tax (VAT) according to the proposed plan the standard rate of value added tax (VAT) will increase from 20% to 22%, and the “reduced” VAT rate would increase from 8.5% to 9.5%. These changes will be effective from 1 July 2013.