The results of the revaluation of real estate for tax purposes, released last week, prompted a number of statements, comments and even draft amendments to current legislation.
Director of the Agency of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Ivan Danii reported on February 4 that citizens filed about 900 complaints and clarifications after the publication of new cadastral valuations of real estate objects. Of these, about 60% relate to the technical parameters, which were laid in the basis for determining the new cadastral value. About 35% of citizens did not agree with the cadastral value established by the agency. And 5% of complaints were filed in connection with changes in the purpose of real estate objects.
The opposition accuses the authorities of non-transparency
At the parliamentary session on February 5, the deputy speaker of the Parliament, PSRM deputy Vlad Batrincea proposed to hear Finance Minister Andrian Gavrilice and the director of the Agency of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Ivan Dania in connection with the situation around the revaluation of real estate.
Batrincea accused the authorities of non-transparency of the procedure and criticized the statements that property taxes in Moldova are lower than in Europe. In the MP’s opinion, the state should provide citizens with the corresponding European level of salaries and pensions. The majority of the PDS rejected this PSRM proposal.
Earlier, a group of deputies from the Communist faction prepared and registered in Parliament a draft law proposing to triple the limits on property tax exemptions currently in force in Moldovan settlements.
According to PCRM MP Diana Caraman, the faction’s initiative is based on the principle of conformity, which is valid in such cases. Since the assessment of real estate objects implies a potential 2-3 times increase in the real estate tax, it is proposed to simultaneously increase the limits under which the tax exemption is granted.
“We have calculated the minimums for exemptions valid in Moldovan localities in the ratio of one to three,” says Diana Karaman. – But local authorities can adjust them based on local economic realities. In any case, such indexation will be necessary”.
The MP said that the draft has not yet been discussed in commissions or plenary sessions, but the faction intends to put it on the agenda next week due to the urgency of the problem.
