Romania Overhauls Tax Rules: What It Means for Digital Businesses

Romania Overhauls Tax Rules: What It Means for Digital Businesses

Romania has unveiled its new Governance Program for 2025–2028 — a strategic roadmap set to significantly reshape the country’s fiscal and regulatory landscape. Following a projected budget deficit of 9.3% of GDP in 2024, the government is launching a wave of reforms focused on fiscal consolidation and transparency.

Key initiatives include:

• A National Fiscal Sustainability Strategy for 2025–2030.
• Quarterly budget performance reporting.
• Strengthening the Fiscal Council’s role and ensuring public dialogue before tax policy decisions.
• Ongoing consultations with the European Commission ahead of the ECOFIN meeting on July 8.

The most attention-grabbing elements are changes in the tax framework that will affect entrepreneurs and online businesses:

• Increasing the dividend tax rate from 10% to 16%.
• A 10% hike in excise duties.
• New rules for income generated via digital platforms, social media, and online assets.
• Removal of VAT exemptions in the real estate sector; new taxes on short-term rentals.
• A temporary tax on excess profits in the financial sector.
• Limitations on deductible expenses, including intra-group consulting services.
• Taxation of businesses benefiting from state support.
• A streamlined VAT system with only two rates: standard and reduced.

While detailed implementation mechanisms are still pending, the general direction is clear — stricter oversight and broader taxation, particularly for digital revenues.

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