PNL will submit a single amendment to the state budget for 2024, which provides that during 2024 no new taxes and fees will be introduced, existing ones will not be increased, tax bases will not be expanded, facilities will not be liquidated or reduced. existing The amendment was signed by deputies Florin Roman and Bohdan Hutsuke.

According to the amendment, “after Article 80, a new Article 801 is added with the following content: Article 801 – In accordance with the provisions of Article 3 letter e), Article 4 paragraph (2) of Law No. 227/2015 on the Fiscal Code with further amendments and additions, as well as Article 5 paragraph (2) letter d) of Law No. 69/2010 on Fiscal and Budgetary Responsibility with the following amendments and additions during the 2024 fiscal year not to adopt/approve regulatory acts effective as of January 1, 2024, which entered into force by January 1, 2025, which increase tax rates or tax bases are expanded effective on January 1, 2024, existing benefits are canceled or reduced, or other taxes and fees are established, except for those taken into account when substantiating the revenues of the general consolidated budget, provided for by this law.”

The amendment was signed by deputies Florin Roman and Bohdan Hutsuka, News.ro reports.

In the motivation, the initiators indicate that the draft state budget and the draft budget of the state social insurance for 2024 are built on the basis of the fiscal framework, which applies from January 1, 2024.

“Therefore, in order to strengthen financial discipline and ensure the predictability of fiscal policy, it is necessary to include in the law on the State Budget for 2024 a clear and unambiguous rule regarding the preservation of the projected level of taxation. It also represents the principle declared and accepted by the Government of Romania and the Ministry of Finance, according to which during 2024, NO new taxes, fees or mandatory contributions will be introduced, existing ones will NOT be increased and tax bases will NOT be expanded. NO existing facilities are liquidated or reduced – this is an important condition for ensuring stable economic growth and protection of Romanian entrepreneurs and the purchasing power of the population,” the liberals note in the justification of the amendment.

After discussions with Minister of Public Finance Marcel Bolos on the 2024 state budget, Florin Roman claims that he has received the support of liberal MPs to vote on the 2024 state budget because “the project includes the demands of the PNL: zero taxes and new taxes in 2024, the request of the PNL accepted, continuation of investments from the liberal national program “Anghel Saligny”, PNL request accepted, amounts provided in the budget for payment of increased pensions – PNL request accepted, amounts provided in the budget for raising salaries in education and financing the positions of resident doctors – PNL request accepted , PNL remains the guarantor and guardian of Level II pensions – PNL’s request is accepted.” “The state budget must be adopted by the parliament by December 22,” Roman said.

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Late on Thursday night, the government approved the law on the state budget, which will be considered by parliament on an emergency basis next week. It will be recalled that the document was harshly criticized by the community of economists led by the Fiscal Council, which issued a stern warning about the project.

In the explanatory note to the document, the Government blames the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict, the energy crisis and severe inflation, which would lead to a deepening of the budget deficit, although in the same document it admits that the revenues of the consolidated general budget failed to reach the programmed level. This is connected both with the non-realization of revenues received from the domestic economy, but especially against the background of the non-realization of revenues planned to be attracted from irrevocable external funds.