In the first three months of 2025, the national public budget collected payroll taxes worth 10.9 billion lei, 17.6% more than in the same period of 2024, Logos Press reported.
Last year, 440 individuals were identified who understated their income, which is subject to taxation by law. As a result of the measures taken by the tax authorities, additional income tax totaling 16.42 million lei was charged. – Logos Press reported.
At its sitting on April 17, the Parliament approved in the second reading amendments to the state budget for 2025. They increase its deficit by 4.01 billion lei (+28.9%) to a record figure of almost 18 billion lei, or 5.1% of GDP.
Parliament approved in the second reading amendments to the state budget for 2025, which increase its deficit to 18 billion lei,” Logos Press reported.
21 companies from the tourism and HoReCa sectors will receive grant aid from the state as part of the renewed program to support these sectors,” Logos Press reported.
Grants worth 28.5 million lei were awarded on April 22 to 89 local companies with the assistance of the Organization for Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA),” Logos Press reported.
The validity period of the VAT refund program for eligible agricultural producers has been extended until June 2026 inclusive. The government’s decision is enshrined in Law No. 73 of April 10, 2025 and came into force on April 22, 2025,” Logos Press reported.
When supplying natural gas and electricity in Moldova, VAT will be paid not by the seller, as it happens today, but by the buyer,” Logos Press reports.
During three months of the current year, the mandatory state social insurance contributions were accumulated in the amount of 6408.4 million lei. This is 23.0% of the annual plan, but by 748.4 million lei or 13.2% more than in the same period last year,” Logos Press reported.
Entrepreneurs in Moldova still predominantly consider cyber defense as an expensive pleasure and do not pay due attention to it. But losses from hacker attacks are often much more costly.
The creation of a venture capital fund in Moldova is still a long way off, but the government has envisioned other ways to support startups. The amount of grants issued by the Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA) will be increased for start-ups.
The slowdown in economic growth has noticeably energized the Moldovan expert community. Directly or situationally, this topic continues to dominate its agenda. Experts analyze information, experts propose concrete steps for its acceleration. One of such steps could be to change the mechanism of VAT payment. Former Prime Minister Ion Kiku believes that it would be more correct to collect it not at customs, as it happens today, but after the sale of products.
According to the data presented on the website of the State Tax Service, 34.2 million lei of VAT was additionally charged to the state budget over the last fifteen months.
During 2024 and in the first three months of the current year, the State Tax Service monitored the processes of VAT administration, – writes Logos Press.
For beginning startups, the grant amounts issued by the ODA will be increased. And for more “adult” ones, funds will be provided on a 50% to 50% basis, Logos Press reports.
The Ministry of Finance has announced the start of subscription for a new issue of government securities (GS) for individuals – Logos Press reports.
Entrepreneurs in Moldova still predominantly consider cyber defense an expensive pleasure and do not pay due attention to it. But losses from hacker attacks are often much more expensive,” Logos Press reports.
Trump’s duties will not directly affect the Moldovan IT sector, but may indirectly affect the activity of companies whose partners operate on the American market,” Logos Press reported.
For three months of 2025, the growth of receipts for tax on income from the rental of real estate of citizens increased by 30% compared to the same period last year. This was reported by Logos Press with reference to the State Tax Service.
Forty settlements throughout the republic have expressed a desire to unite. This is the beginning of the process of administrative and territorial reform, which the authorities plan to complete in 2030. Voluntary unification of mayoralties will be an intermediate stage in its implementation.
