News about State budget and taxes

Until June 30, 2026, citizens must pay real estate and land tax. This includes apartments, houses and plots owned by individuals, as well as land plots of peasant (farm) holdings.

Within the framework of the country’s reintegration policy, 15 government programs were implemented in 2011-2025, which allowed financing 616 projects worth over 218 million lei. On Wednesday, June 3, the government approved a new one-year program with a budget of 25 million lei and a list of new projects.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the National Program of Culture and Heritage Development for 2025-2035, designed to increase citizens’ involvement in the country’s cultural life. One of the key goals of the document is to increase the average monthly spending on culture and recreation per person to 161.1 lei by 2030.

According to operative information, the national public budget (NPB) revenues, administered by the State Tax Service, amounted to about 35.4 billion lei in the first 5 months of 2026. This is by 4 billion lei, or 12.6% more compared to the same period last year.

The State Procurement Agency is planning to reorganize its activities and increase the number of staff to cope with the new responsibilities assigned to the agency. The relevant draft government decree envisages an increase in the maximum number of staff from 32 to 39 units.

The revenues of the Customs Service (SMC), transferred to the state budget last week, amounted to more than 863.4 million lei.

The new Minister of Agriculture Uldis Augulis believes that the reduced VAT rate for essential products should be made permanent.

Excessive noise in commercial and catering facilities will be authorized by the authorities. The National Agency for Public Health will have the right to detect and investigate such offenses.

One of the main illusions of the administrative reform is that local self-government can be created legally. It is enough to transfer powers to the territory, elect a local council, approve the budget, appoint the staff, write a strategy, hold public hearings – and the territory supposedly becomes a subject of development.

Moldova’s culture and cultural heritage sector faces deep structural problems caused by deteriorated infrastructure and chronic underfunding, which significantly limits citizens’ access to quality cultural services. To overcome these problems, investments of over 1.85 billion lei are required.

Moldova needs a comprehensive fiscal reform aimed at broadening the tax base while preserving the scope for increasing public spending, especially on wages and investment. The tax base should be broadened by eliminating numerous tax exemptions, especially those resulting from the differentiated VAT rate, and by combating the informal economy.

The local self-government reform is necessary, but its success depends on financial instruments, said Edinet mayor Constantin Cojocaru.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development proposes to speed up the repair of critical sections of the railroad, by removing the linkage of financing to the completion of the reorganization of the state enterprise “Calea Ferată din Moldova”.

The government plans to change tariffs for special courier services from January 1, 2027, according to a draft developed by the Information and Security Service (ISS).

The program of measures for the country’s reintegration for 2026, worth 25 million lei, is scheduled to be approved at a government meeting next week.

The Romanian Parliament has passed a bill banning the sale of state-owned shares in companies and credit institutions, including shares in companies listed on the stock exchange, until December 31, 2027, regardless of the size of the state stake.

Giorgi Meloni’s government is changing course on the issue of military spending: of the 14.9 billion euros that Italy has booked under the European SAFE program, Rome will request only a fraction.

The Romanian Ministry of Finance will allocate 100 million euros for a program for Romanians living abroad who want to start a business in the country. The program is called “Diaspora Investește Acasă” (“Diaspora Investește Acasă”). The program provides loans up to 500,000 euros, with a grant component of up to 60% of the investment loan, but not more than 200,000 euros.

On 28 May, the Ukrainian parliament ratified a 90bn-euro loan agreement to support Ukraine with the European Union. A total of 298 MPs voted in favor of the document.

Administrative reform and its necessity have been discussed in Moldova for many decades. The problem of empty villages, incapable of development and dependent on central budget transfers, did not arise yesterday.