ANAF will remove 11 tax declarations

According to an order draft, ANAF will eliminate 11 tax declarations.

An important change in the technical unemployment rate, which only applies until 31 December 2021, was introduced by Emergency Ordinance No 111 of 2 October 2021.

Following the government decision no. 1.071/2021, the gross minimum wage per country will be lei 2.550 as of January 1, 2022, which also entails the corresponding increase of the internship allowance.

Linked to the increase in the minimum wage, the contribution for the non-employed disabled will be implicitly increased by companies and public authorities employing at least 50 employees.

Under the emergency ordinance of the Romanian Government no. 117 published in the Official Gazette on October 5, 2021, amendments were made to the Law no. 53/2003 – the Labor Code.

The education system and families have to tackle a new challenge of returning to e-learning.

As of January 1, 2022, the gross minimum basic salary amounts to 2.550 lei per month.

In recent days, some updates have been made to the ticket values that can be offered to employees.

According to a draft of the Finance Ministry, membership in the service of the Virtual Private Space (VPS) will become compulsory for several categories of natural and legal persons starting next year.

Employers have a new obligation: To inform new employees under the age of 45 about joining a mandatory private pension fund (Pillar II).

The employee who’s vaccinated against COVID-19 shall, on request, be paid one free day per dose of vaccine.

News has come up on the financing side, news covering various fields.

When determining the tax regime applicable to the consideration of the COVID tests borne by the employer for his employees, it is necessary that the employer examine the purpose for which the tests were carried out.

In order to document compliance with the principle of market value, the transfer pricing file must be prepared annually by the big taxpayers.

The procedure for implementing the grants for the companies in the area of HoReCa was published in the Official Gazette.

The OUG on the abolition of investment grants (measure 3), which allocates this money to working capital grants (measure 2), was published in the Official Gazette.

Authorities will be able to decide to suspend the activity of companies that do not comply with the rules for 15 or 30 days.

Firms must periodically review the compliance of their processing operations with the applicable regulations.

Labor law currently allows any document between the employee and the employer to be signed electronically by means of a qualified or advanced signature.

Simplification of procedures specific to the activity of human resources in micro-enterprises, given that there are currently around 500.000 micro-enterprises with up to 9 employees in Romania.

A new Regulation for employers in insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings.

In recent times, there has been talk of the digitization of labor relations, a step more than necessary given the current situation.

The Finance Ministry announced the extension of certain deadlines and facilities granted to companies in order to get through the difficult period caused by the Covid-19 crisis.

New amendments to the OUG 132/2020 were recently published to protect and support employers and employees. Employers will have greater flexibility and employees will have greater protection.

A recent press release by the Ministry of Finance foresees the extension of tax measures that are beneficial to taxpayers in the context of the pandemic.