
Residents of Chisinau must pay by the end of July a fee for sanitary cleaning for 2022 in the amount of 120 lei per person.
According to the Office for the Collection of Local Taxes and Fees from Chisinau, the fee for sanitary cleaning for 2022 is set at 10 lei per month for each individual registered at the address declared by the place of residence, which amounts to 120 lei for the entire year. Until June 15, about 405 thousand residents of Chisinau, identified on the basis of data from the State Population Register, will receive notifications of payment of this fee. At the same time, there is an exemption for some categories: pensioners, persons with disabilities, children under 18, participants in hostilities to protect the territorial integrity and independence of Moldova, participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The fee can be paid through post offices, bank branches and the Mpay service (by selecting the “Tax liabilities (SCITL)” section. Fines and penalties will be applied to non-payers. It should be noted that, in accordance with the Tax Code of Moldova, local authorities have the right to independently set the amount and the procedure for applying the fee for sanitary cleaning, respectively, the amount and terms of its payment, as well as the categories of those exempted differ depending on the locality.Thus, the fee for sanitary cleaning in 2022 in Straseni is 24 lei per year per person at the address as a place of residence (in 2023, the rate increased to 65 lei); the same fee is set in Calarasi and Edinet, in Ungheni - 36 lei / person per year; in Taraclia - 60 lei / person per year for each registered in the dwelling, in Hincesti – 60 lei per year per homeowner, in Comrat – 120 lei per person per year (in 2023 – the fee will increase to 180 lei), in Cimislia – 132 lei per year. In Cainari, the fee for sanitary cleaning is 30 lei per year per household and is paid until September 30. In Ialoveni, the fee applies only to single-family households that have not signed a contract with a sanitation service provider, and amounts to 500 lei per year. By decision of local administrations, the terms for paying this fee differ: monthly, quarterly or annually with a limited date for fulfilling the obligation. Herewith, in many settlements, the fee for sanitary cleaning is not applied, for example, in Balti, Soroca, Cahul, Rezina, etc. // 09.06.2023 — InfoMarket.