The entry into force of GEO 79/2017 on the transfer of social security and health contributions from the employer to the employee will not be postponed, Finance Minister Ionut Misa said on Thursday at the beginning of the Government meeting. He thus rejected the alleged rumors in the media, considering them as “false news”.
“The prorogation that we are discussing today is related to single account implementation by mid-2018,” FinMin also said.
Ministry of Finance (MFP) noted in a press release issued before Christmas that the measure in question will apply until at least 2020.
The statements were made on PM Mihai Tudose recommendation – “to defuse a rumor we hear from this morning” – in the context of the public speaking of a possible postponement of the fiscal revolution, which also implies the employer-employee transfer of the contributions.
According to official information, the six-month delay refers to the entry into force of the rule on the payment of tax liabilities administered by the central fiscal body in a single account, namely from January 1, 2018 to July 1, 2018.
The payment in the same single account of social contributions, as well as tax on profit/income/dividends, micro-enterprise income tax or the tax on certain activities will take effect from July 1, 2018.