“The Ministry of Finance has proposed that all gross salaries between 3,001 and 5,000 lei, which will receive a voluntary minimum increase of 450 lei from January 1, enjoy the same tax benefits as the minimum salary, respectively as 200 lei. lei from 450 lei, which will be exempted from social contributions,” the National Bloc of Trade Unions (BNS) announced on Monday.

• HotNews.ro announced back on December 7 that it was working on a project according to which employers who raise wages by 450 lei will be exempted from taxes by 200 lei.

The National Trade Union Bloc announced on Monday that it participated in a meeting of the Tripartite National Council, which took place today, with the participation of the Prime Minister of Romania, Nicolae Chuke, the Minister of Finance, Adrian Caciu, and the Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Marius Constantin Budai.

• “During the meeting, the Romanian government committed to adopt an emergency resolution to supplement the new Law on Social Dialogue (promulgated today by President Klaus Iohannis) with rules on labor disputes.
• In addition, the Ministry of Finance proposed that all gross salaries between 3,001 and 5,000 lei, for which the minimum amount will be voluntarily increased by 450 lei from January 1, enjoy the same tax benefits as the minimum wage. In particular, the amount of 200 lei out of 450 lei should be exempted from social contributions.” This is reported by the National Security Service on Facebook.

The National Block also reports that, based on its proposal, it was also decided to create a working group under the Ministry of Finance, which will be operational from the beginning of next year, and will include trade unions, employers and representatives of the Government. the following topics:

– progressive taxation of labor income

– financing of the social protection system

– a non-discriminatory regime of taxation of all incomes received from labor relations

Government: The debate at the technical level will continue tomorrow

On Monday, after the meeting of the Tripartite National Council of Social Dialogue, the government announced that “participants analyzed proposals aimed at defining collective bargaining sectors and providing fiscal opportunities for wages.”

“On this occasion, representatives of the Government and social partners agreed to continue the debate at the technical level based on the formulated proposals.

In this sense, the next meeting will take place tomorrow at the Ministry of Labor to identify the sectors of collective bargaining, while at the level of the Ministry of Finance, discussions will take place in the next period on fiscal measures in the area of ​​wages. This is stated in the press release of the Government.

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