10 facts about taxation in Romania | Infographic

Corporate Income Tax (CIT): 16%*

*Taxpayers that are carrying on activities such as gambling and nightclubs are subjects of either 5% rate of the earned revenue or 16% of the taxable profit, depending on which is higher.

Companies are liable to pay the micro-enterprise tax (instead of corporate tax) provided that:

• Revenues in the previous tax year were below EUR 1,000,000
• Companies have the possibility to opt to be corporate income tax payers if their share capital is higher than RON 45,000 and have at least 2 employees

The micro-enterprise tax is computed as follows:

• 1% for micro-enterprises with at least one employee*
• 3% for micro-enterprises with no employees

* A reduced rate of 1% is applicable for the newly set up Romanian companies having at least one employee and being incorporated for a minimum period of 48 months and whose shareholders/associates did not hold participation titles in other legal entities. This reduced tax rate is only applied to the first 24 months since the registration date of the legal entity.

WHT rates in relation with non-resident companies are:

• 1% for revenues obtained from gambling activities
• 5% for revenues obtained from dividends
• 50% for payments made by a Romanian company to non-resident company bank accounts (opened in countries that do not have an information exchange agreement concluded with Romania) and only if such payments result from artificial transactions
• 16% in case of any other revenues from Romania

Standard VAT rate in Romania: 19%

• A reduced rate of 9% applies to water supply services, food & beverage industry, medical treatments and prosthesis etc.
• An extra-reduced 5% applies to supplies of social housing under certain conditions and to school books, newspapers, magazines, admission fees to castles, museums, sport events, cinemas, etc.

Personal Income Tax: 10%*
* IT specialists, employees with disabilities and employees who work in Research and Development (R&D) or Technological Development field are exempted under certain conditions

Social contributions owed by the Employee: 45%

Social contributions owed by Companies in Romania: 2,25%

Losses may be set off against the same types of income

• Losses that cannot be set off may be carried forward
• Tax losses may be carried forward for a 7-year period (no carry back is allowed)

• 0.08% – 0.2% of the buildings´ tax value for residential buildings
• 0.2% – 1.3% of the buildings´ tax value for non-residential buildings

Building tax is paid annually in two equal installments. The tax is due for the entire tax year by the person who owns the building as of December 31st of the prior tax year.