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The government in Bucharest has adopted the proposed amendments to the Fiscal Code. The project envisages, among other things, increasing the dividend tax from 5% to 8% and lowering the income threshold to which a company is considered a…

In the first six months of 2022, Romanian authorities seized over 41 million cigarettes, estimated at over 26 million lei (over 5 million euros) on the black market, according to data from www.stopcontrabanda.ro, the only real-time platform…

The government decided to amend the ordinance on the Fiscal Code, after a series of meetings with the business community, trade unions and local authorities. According to government sources, several changes are planned for…

The Ministry of Finance published on Monday night the draft amendment to the Fiscal/Tax Code, which provides, among other things, the increase of the dividend tax from 5% to 8%, the decrease of the income threshold up to which a company is…

More than 2,4 billion sticks of illicit cigarettes were consumed in Romania in 2021, despite the descending trend in the last 3 years, when the illicit trafficking rate dropped by more than 6 pp. Since the beginning of the year, authorities…

Following a 21-year career in media, Emma Zeicescu joins Philip Morris Romania as Director Communications. In her new role, Emma will help communicate the company's vision to replace cigarettes with smoke-free products that – while not…

Romanian authorities have seized over 10 million smuggling cigarettes since the start of the state of emergency, reveal „StopContrabada.ro” statistics. The real time centralised system of tracking smuggled cigarette transports in Romania…

A truck driver from Romania has received a huge fine after he had been caught while transporting 5.2 tonnes of smuggled cigarettes, NordLittoral reports. The 35-year-old Romanian man was stopped in Coquelles, northern France, for a…

About one million packs of cigarettes that three Polish citizens wanted to illegally introduce in Romania, hidden in drywall and mineral wool boxes have been tracked down by border guards at Siret customs, northern country. The three Polish…

Over 4.3 billion cigarettes have been sold on the black market in Romania last year. The Romanian state has cashed in no tax for 16% of the cigarettes consumed last year, which means that RON 2.8 billion (EUR 640 million) have entered the…