The Romanian government issues an emergency ordinance amending the Criminal Code
The Romanian Government decided on Thursday that pensioners with pensions below 872 lei, that is 195 euros, should be exempted from the payment of healthcare contributions.
Bucharest has made adjustments to the Fiscal Code, due to come into force next year.
FISCAL CODE - Romanian deputies have voted in favour of the new Fiscal Code, after Senators adopted the document on Tuesday....
A new Fiscal Code bill was endorsed by Senate on Tuesday
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The Fiscal Code bill will be reviewed in a special Parliament session in late August.
The decision by president Klaus Iohannis to reject the new Fiscal Code and send it back to Parliament for debate has sparked discontent in the ranks of the left-wing government in Bucharest
After extended debates and at last passed by Parliament, the new Fiscal Code has been submitted to Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
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Fiscal relaxation, in particular the cut in the VAT rate, risks bringing the budget deficit beyond the agreed level, fears the European Commission, an opinion the Romanian authorities do not share
The draft Fiscal Code, tabled by the Government of Romania, was endorsed by the Senate on Monday and is next to the discussed in the Chamber of Deputies
The new draft fiscal codes have stirred a huge public interest, but also fierce contradictory debates.
