Through the PNRR, Romania has committed to removing exemptions from the Fiscal Code. Romania did the opposite: expanding capacity from construction to agriculture and food processing.

Then this year, the government issued Decree 16 (regarding tax increases), and instead of canceling them, it actually lowered the maximum limit to which the benefits applied, from 30,000 lei to 10,000 lei. Apparently, there were not many of them at the highest level, as even Finance Minister Adrian Cachiu admitted. So the measure has a subtle impact and does not solve the fiscal problem.

What capacities are there in construction, agriculture and food industry

In construction, agriculture and food industry, the minimum salary is 3,000 lei.

In addition, with salaries from 3,000 to 10,000 lei, companies do not pay for employees: income tax, health care contributions (although they enjoy a benefit) and, if desired, II level of pensions.

*What also changed due to OG 16/2022 is that the turnover of the current year is taken into account, from which it follows that if during some months companies do not meet the turnover criterion, then employees, for the same gross salary, will receive less money.

As Ionuc Dumitru recently noted, other workers in the economy contribute to their health.

Let’s not forget that labor taxation in Romania is high.

Opportunities can also be extended to alcoholic beverage manufacturers

According to a legislative proposal initiated by several PNL and PSD parliamentarians, these facilities could also benefit beverage companies, such as:

• Distillation, refining and mixing of alcoholic beverages

• Production of wine from grapes

• Production of cider and other fruit wines

• Production of other non-distilled beverages obtained by fermentation

• Beer production

• Production of malt

• Production of non-alcoholic soft drinks, production of mineral and other bottled waters

The project to expand tax benefits for beverage manufacturers – click to open

The initiators justify their proposal: a selective increase in the wages of food industry workers will create unjustified discrimination in the labor market, since some of them will have lower net incomes compared to the wages of similar positions in other branches of the food industry. sector for comments and similar work.

Although this phrase is quite funny. Let’s not forget that at the moment an accountant, driver, marketing employee from a company in the industries for which the benefits apply, in any case have a higher net for the same gross amount. So we already have discrimination in the labor market. By the same logic, all branches of the economy should have these exceptions. In any case, the measure still needs time to reach the plenary, which is now in the Senate, the first chamber mentioned.

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