Tax policy
As part of the administrative-territorial reform, the authorities promise to revise the distribution of VAT and personal income tax.
The European Commission at the end of the week officially supported the initiative of a number of EU countries to introduce a tax on excess profits for large energy companies. The decision was caused by a sharp jump in energy prices due to geopolitical instability and the conflict in Iran.
Independent entrepreneurs (freelancers) are given two months to obtain a unique taxpayer identification number other than IDNP.
The Moldovan Parliament approved in the first reading a draft law providing for the abolition of customs duties on imports of most goods originating in the USA.
The zero customs duty on equipment for generating electricity from solar energy can be extended to wind installations as well as electricity storage devices.
The State Tax Service has published a draft of a new form of entrepreneurial patent. The document specifies a number of data on the holder, and his identification will be carried out by means of a QR code.
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.
Representatives of Moldovan companies claim a number of systemic problems that affect their activities and limit the development of production, including tax burden, staff shortages and bureaucratic barriers. In particular, they advocate for the elimination of import taxes on raw materials used for local production.
Finance ministers of five EU countries – Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria – called for the introduction of a tax on excess profits of energy companies amid a sharp rise in fuel prices due to the war in Iran. This is reported by Reuters with reference to their letter to the European Commissioner for Climate Vopka Hukstra.
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.
Starting and running a medium-sized business in the EU can be costly for employers. At the same time, the gap between the top and bottom of the union’s labor cost rankings is clear.
At an extraordinary meeting on Friday, the Romanian government approved a draft emergency decree aimed at reducing the excise tax on diesel fuel by 30 bani (about 1 Moldovan leu), which will directly reduce the price at gas stations.
Economic agents from the left bank of the Nistru river were invited to a meeting of the parliamentary commission for economy, budget and finance to discuss tax regulation issues, including the application of VAT, excises in the light of the abolition of tax exemptions.
In the UK, changes to the inheritance tax system are coming into force which could significantly increase the tax burden on beneficiaries of assets.
The amount of money hidden from taxation by the world’s richest people has reached alarming proportions. According to Oxfam International, 0.1% of the world’s wealthiest people keep about $2.84 trillion offshore – more than the combined wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people).
The activities of the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) resulted in the seizure of more than LE 550,000,000 worth of money and property in 2025.
The public procurement system has registered notable changes in the dynamics of appeals in the awarding of contracts. The number of appeals decreased, but their total financial importance increased, reaching 8.8 billion lei in 2025 against 6 billion lei a year earlier.
More than 153 thousand people paid the fixed contribution of compulsory health insurance in the first quarter of this year. This is nine thousand more compared to the same period last year. The indicator became the highest as of March 31 in the history of the system.
It will be an independent body that assesses and monitors public finances.
