News about State budget and taxes

Germany is preparing one of the toughest overhauls of its health insurance system in years, and it’s already causing alarm among pharmaceutical companies and investors.

More than 50 million lei is planned to be allocated to partially compensate farmers for losses caused by the extreme drought in the summer of 2025. The relevant draft government decision is scheduled to be considered and adopted at a meeting on Wednesday, May 13.

In the first 4 months of 2026, revenues from the tax on income of individuals renting out real estate increased by 28.2% compared to the same period of 2025, amounting to 38 million lei.

A bill providing for monthly financial support for “children of war” has been registered in Parliament.

Russia’s federal budget deficit in January-April 2026 amounted to 5.877 trillion rubles (about 60.3 billion euros). This figure was twice as high as in the same period last year and was more than a third higher than the plan for the whole of 2026.

Next week it is planned to present a new concept of the Law on the unified system of labor remuneration in the public sector. The document will become the basis for a new architecture of labor remuneration in the public sector.

The law on the creation of the Convergence Fund was published and entered into force on May 7. Thus, the process of gradual abolition of tax exemptions that have been in effect so far for Transnistrian enterprises was launched.

As of the beginning of 2026, servicing Moldova’s domestic public debt costs the budget significantly more than servicing external debt, often amounting to almost double the difference in expenditures.

Moldova is becoming increasingly dependent on external financing. At the same time, reform-driven financial instruments are increasingly being replaced by “politicized financing”, with economic criteria taking a back seat. This can be considered the beginning of a dangerous slide for the country.

On May 6, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova organized, on the platform of the Sectoral Entrepreneurship Committee, a public-private dialogue on the regulation of sugar production and import and the search for balanced solutions for the entire value chain in this sector.

ODA will provide grants of up to 600,000 lei to young people and migrants for business development. The company’s own contribution must be at least 30%.

The independent expertise notes a paradoxical situation: despite the declared reforms, the role of the state in the Moldovan economy remains high and even structurally strengthens in some areas. At the same time, the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is progressing slowly.

Farmers from the Republic of Moldova can benefit from a new financial support mechanism designed to facilitate the purchase of fertilizers in the context of the continuous rise in the price of this basic resource on the international market. The program is implemented by the Agency for Development and Modernization of Agriculture (ADMA).

World War II veterans will receive an annual financial aid of 30,000 lei. The members of the parliamentary commission for social protection, healthcare and family will propose to Parliament to approve draft amendments to the law on additional social protection of certain categories of population.

On May 5, the first 20 members of the National Army received diplomas for completing the vocational training program at the TechZone center.

Moldova pays special attention to maintaining fiscal discipline in a context where the budget deficit is largely driven by strategic investments and expenditures related to the reforms undertaken in the country.

Moldova’s state social insurance budget deficit continues to shrink and, according to forecasts, could fall to about 1.9 billion lei by 2028 from about 3.6 billion lei at present.

The Moldovan forestry sector is facing serious difficulties in the context of a protracted crisis. Equipment is outdated, innovative technologies are practically not applied, and production processes are still dominated by manual labor.

The Government of the Republic of Moldova is considering a draft decision that would exempt a number of state-owned enterprises and joint-stock companies from profit deductions or dividends accrued on the net profit earned in 2025. The measure affects four strategic entities: SE Mileștii Mici, SE Poșta Moldovei, SE MoldATSA and JSC Cricova.

The Ministry of Finance launches a mechanism of continuous subscription to state securities intended for individuals. Since May 4, subscription through the electronic platform eVMS.md is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, throughout the year, without time limits.