News about State budget and taxes

Regulations have been developed for the formation of a financial guarantee for environmental remediation during mining operations. These funds will be used to fulfill companies’ obligations to reclaim land.

Moldova is showing faster economic growth compared to other EU candidate states. The country has exceeded IMF forecasts and, according to Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu, “will still surprise with its growth”.

Moldova will host the 135th ministerial session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. About 50 delegations of member states, including more than 20 foreign ministers, are expected to participate. The official event will take place on May 15, but delegations will start arriving as early as Thursday, May 14. In this regard, from May 14 to 17, 2026, a special regime of access and movement will be introduced in a number of central zones of the capital, as well as on the routes leading to the airport.

The project is implemented by the Mayor’s Office with the support of Expert-Grup Center within the framework of the Local Authorities Capacity Building Program, financed by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Moldova. The financial intermediary for the bond issue will be Victoriabank, with which a corresponding agreement has already been signed.

The law will prohibit charging borrowers fees, including commissions, charges or other expenses, when entering into or executing a mortgage agreement. Except for insurance premiums and expenses related to registration or withdrawal of the mortgage.

All environmental payments and taxes will be unified into a single system, including payments for the use of natural resources, which have so far been included in the Tax Code. Thus, it will become clearer how they are calculated, declared, paid and audited.

The State Tax Service informs that 2,458 notices of single tax payment for April 2026 were sent to the e-mail addresses of independent entrepreneurs (freelancers).

As the deadline for submitting Transfer Price Information for the 2025 tax period approaches, the State Tax Service announces the launch of the corresponding form.

The state-owned company Poșta Moldovei may be exempted from contributing 1.4 million lei to the state budget from its net profit for 2025.

Moldova’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ends this week. The “farewell” ceremony will take place in a solemn atmosphere in the presence of numerous delegations, after which Moldova’s mandate will pass to the Principality of Monaco.

Beginning May 8, tax liabilities associated with lease agreements are automatically generated.

Moldexpo exhibition center summed up the results of the auction for leasing six land plots. According to the company’s management, annual revenues from the new contracts will amount to 6.8 million lei.

The Moldovan authorities plan to amend the Labor Code to include a new legal concept – “employee with family responsibilities”.

A part of the profit of the state enterprise “MoldATSA” is supposed to be left at its disposal for modernization of the infrastructure of air navigation systems.

The future Tax Council, to be established under the amendments to the Law on Public Finance and Fiscal Responsibility, will be “an institution affiliated with the Parliament, but independent”. This statement was made by the chairman of the Commission on Economy, Budget and Finance, Radu Marian.

In the period of May 4-10, 2026, the Customs Service’s revenues to the state budget amounted to 1.0 billion lei, which constitutes the fulfillment of the benchmark of 107.1% for the reporting period.

The Finance Ministry is preparing a draft government decision on the allocation of 1,805,626 lei to compensate the persons subjected to political repressions or their heirs.

Romanian President Nicusor Dan made a video message on the occasion of Europe Day and Romania’s Independence Day, in which he spoke about what his country has achieved during almost 20 years in the EU (Romania officially joined the Community on January 1, 2007).

Most of the issues related to the voluntary merger of mayoralties and more broadly to local government reform concern the Ministry of Finance, as the central problem remains the system of financial resource allocation.

Due to the non-execution of decisions on special and extended confiscation, the state budget lost about 550.5 million lei.