"If the IMF's growth projections come true next year, we will be able to talk about a tax on assets and not a tax on real estate," he said in response to questions from the press in Sisak.
Vrdoljak said the HNS had never had anything against a tax on assets, which he said was different from real estate tax.
"Our position wasn't formed because of the IMF nor will it be changed because of the IMF. We will wait for economic growth and financial stabilisation, and then think about a tax on assets."
An IMF staff team said yesterday it expected Croatia's real GDP to contract 0.75 per cent this year and make a modest recovery in 2014, warning that recovery-related risks remained high.