The quarterly tax stipulated by the new Tax Code will result in the closure of many micro enterprises

22.4.2015

Question for written answer E-006461-15
to the Commission
Rule 130
Daniel Buda (PPE)

The new Tax Code, which will come into force next year, will require micro enterprises to pay a quarterly sum of RON 1 530 plus tax, whether or not they have employees. Firms with one employee or more will pay 3%, respectively 1% of turnover, and those without employees will pay 3% plus the sum of RON 1 530. This sum, imposed by the government in the new code, will cause the termination and dissolution of over 40 000 micro enterprises. The sum is an absurd one and, at the same time, unconstitutional when the micro enterprise does not generate any profit and, therefore, the necessary sum for the payment of this tax does not exist. In Romania, the number of SMEs is very small and this would be an even more disastrous measure, both for young people, who own a large number of SMEs, as well as for more developed micro enterprises.

Are there measures that the Commission can take so that the economic field is not affected, especially among young people, who should be helped in order to develop?