News about State budget and taxes

The National Anti-Corruption Center (NAC) said in a report on its work over the past week that cryptocurrencies worth the equivalent of $1.3 million were deposited into the institution’s treasury accounts.

The State Tax Service reminds that the deadline for filing an income tax return (CET18) for individuals who do not carry out business activities expires on April 30, 2026.

The shopping procedure will remain the same, but the price will increase in accordance with the payment of VAT. Customs duties and other charges to parcels are not proposed by the Ministry of Finance.

Today, the April round of subscription for government securities opened, which will last until April 22, 2026 through the eVMS.md platform. A special feature of this round was the offer of bonds with a maturity of one year.

This week’s plenary session of parliament was marked by intense debate on the draft law on amending the mechanism of voluntary unification of administrative-territorial units, but there were also issues related to the transparency of the decision-making process, which affected a significant part of the drafts considered.

As part of the administrative-territorial reform, the authorities promise to revise the distribution of VAT and personal income tax.

The Moldovan authorities doubt the need to pay the debt to the CIS when leaving the organization.

For Maia Sandu will have to increase her salary, Moldovan Finance Minister Andrian Gavrilice said.

The Customs Service informs that the follow-up inspections carried out between March 30 and April 10, 2026, revealed additional customs obligations amounting to 1.488 million lei, which are subject to recovery in the state budget of the country.

Administrative-territorial reform should be streamlined as part of a large-scale fiscal decentralization reform, economists at the Expert-Grup think tank recommend.

Specialists of the State Tax Service and PCCOCS uncovered a tax evasion scheme organized by a family engaged in business in agriculture. The damage to the budget amounted to more than 7 million lei.

In March this year, more than 620 thousand households received compensation for heat, which is about 1.2 million people – more than half of the population of the Republic of Moldova.

The Public Finance Control Commission today backed drafts to reduce the VAT rate on fuel from 20% to 12% while cutting excise duty by 50%.

Businesses are eagerly awaiting news about the anticipated tax policy changes planned for next year. The Ministry of Finance has already unveiled some of its ideas at the annual Tax and Customs Policy Conference on March 30.

In the April 2026 report “Institutions for Industrial Policy,” International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts discuss the shift away from pure free market principles in economic management. Industrial strategies require active government intervention and coordination, reminiscent of Soviet Gosplan methods to support key sectors of the economy in the new environment, according to the Fund’s working papers.

The Ministry of Finance’s budget forecasts will be compared with the estimates of the European Commission (EC). The authorities will have to justify serious discrepancies.

Moldova actively attracted external financing in 2025, with a significant portion of funds coming from the European Union. The EU even allocated additional funds (€18.9 million) in September to complement the aid package under the reform mechanism. One of the key objectives of these agreements is to support the country’s modernization and fulfill its EU accession commitments.

The White House has requested $152 to return the former prison island of Alcatraz to the current prison service.

Deputies propose to extend benefits for veterans of labor. So that everyone, including those who work, could benefit from sanatorium treatment once every three years.

The level of budget deficit, fixed in the fiscal policy, should not exceed 3% of gross domestic product (GDP).