Freelancers' income has grown sixfold
According to the State Tax Service, the agency sent 1,473 notices of single tax payment for February to individual entrepreneurs (freelancers).
According to its data, the total income of individual entrepreneurs in February amounted to 11,992,583 lei, while the amount of calculated single tax amounted to 1,798,887.45 lei, which is an increase of 567.84% compared to the previous month.
At the same time, about 37% of freelancers registered transactions on special bank accounts, while the amounts received on current accounts ranged from 2 to 360,000 lei. Of these, 39 taxpayers used cash registers and control devices connected to the SIA “Electronic Sales Monitoring”. The total amount of money received amounted to 353,403 lei.
STS clarifies: if taxpayers during February submitted receipts with erroneous data, had refunds/reimbursements for services rendered or received funds not related to entrepreneurial activity, they can request a change of the payment notice at any branch of the Tax Service.
The deadline for payment of the single tax for freelancers for February of this year is March 25, 2026.
Its rate is 15% if the annual income does not exceed MDL 1,200,000 and 35% for the part of income exceeding this threshold.
The single tax is deposited to the treasury account and then distributed: to the local budget – 26.3% and local fees – 5.0%; to the social insurance budget – 53.3%; to the health insurance funds – 15.4%.
