News about State budget and taxes

The mandatory natural gas reserve level that MoldovaGas JSC must establish and maintain for the left bank of the Dniester has been set at 15% of the region’s average annual natural gas consumption by end users. The calculation is based on consumption data from the past five years.

Three centralized irrigation systems in northern Moldova will be rehabilitated and integrated to provide access to water for farmers in Teccan, Corjeuți, and Beliavintsi. A construction contract with a budget of approximately $11.8 million was signed today in Chisinau as part of the Agricultural Governance, Growth, and Resilience Investments (AGGRI) project, funded by the World Bank.

The Ministry of Finance has launched a public consultation on the draft tax policy for 2027. The draft will be open for public comment until June 19, 2026. The Ministry of Finance will take into account suggestions and comments from stakeholders as it finalizes the document.

Renato Usatîi, the leader of the Our Party faction in the Moldovan Parliament, criticized a bill in Parliament to amend the Railway Transport Code, which provides for the separation of a number of activities currently carried out by the state-owned enterprise “Moldovan Railways.”

Vasile Costiuc, a member of parliament and chair of the “Democrația Acasă” faction, announced an official inquiry sent to the government and the Ministry of Energy, demanding clarification regarding the management of oil and gas fields in southern Moldova, specifically in the villages of Veleni and Viktorovka.

British Defense Secretary John Healey has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Keira Starmer, citing insufficient defense funding amid growing international threats as the reason for his decision.

Large state-owned companies will be the first “voluntary” participants in the capital market to set an example for the private sector on how to conduct an IPO on the local stock market. Moldovan authorities plan to list a number of state-owned enterprises on the stock market. As part of these reforms, companies are beginning to prepare for listing on the new International Stock Exchange of Moldova, which is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2026.

One and a half thousand employees of the state-owned enterprise “Calea Ferată a Moldovei” (CFM) were laid off last year. Nicolae Mîndra, State Secretary at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, explained that this decision was necessary to optimize the company’s operations in line with current freight and passenger traffic volumes, as well as to reduce inefficient assets.

The total income reported by freelancers in May of this year amounted to 36,109,007.73 lei, while the total flat tax calculated was 5,416,351.16 lei. This is 34.22% more than in April.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development plans to launch urban passenger rail service in Chisinau, and subsequently in Balti, using the existing rail infrastructure.

Wages in the social assistance system are currently the lowest in Moldova when compared to the salaries of other categories of low-paid public sector workers. Wages will not be raised across the board, but rather based on each employee’s qualifications.

On the morning of June 10, officials from the National Anti-Corruption Center (CNA) conducted searches at several locations in the Ialoveni and Telenesti districts. Investigators are conducting a criminal investigation into a case involving the director of a construction company, technical managers, construction site managers, and two representatives of the local administration, who are suspected of abuse of office in connection with an infrastructure project in the Ialoveni district.

The authorities are promising lump-sum payments of up to 150,000 lei and reimbursement of housing rental costs to young professionals working in the social assistance system.

More than 110 curriculum developers and subject area coordinators from across the country participated in a training workshop on the development of new national curricula.

Instead of IDNP, these systems will adopt state identification numbers (IDNO), which will be assigned to resident individuals engaged in commercial activities.

It may seem surprising, but it’s a fact: the government agency responsible for the state’s finances makes errors in its accounting of fixed and current assets—and these errors are quite significant.

The government will allocate 145 million lei for the development of the settlements from the Calarasi district. This was announced by Alexei Buzu, the government’s general secretary in charge of the implementation of the administrative-territorial reform.

The Ministry of Culture estimated the volume of domestic book production at only 40 lei per year per inhabitant. According to the draft “Program for the implementation of the National Culture and Heritage Strategy for 2026-2030”, this indicator is significantly lower than the average level in the region, which indicates a systemic stagnation of the sector.

Finance Minister Andrian Havrilice sees no objective reasons to further postpone the implementation of VAT on car imports. The tax will be introduced from January 1, 2027 at the rate of 20%.

The real decentralization of local authorities should imply a real transfer of financial resources to local public administration bodies. This is the opinion of the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Vlad Batrynca.