In 2024, tax liabilities related to the payment of salaries in Moldova increased by 16.3% to 42.3 billion lei, also due to the measures taken by the State Tax Service
According to the press service of the State Tax Service (STS), last year tax deductions from salaries increased largely due to the application by the fiscal authority of indirect methods and sources of assessment within the framework of tax inspections of taxpayers. Checks were caused by incomplete reflection of data in accounting, documentary evidence and reporting on actual salaries paid to employees. For example, only at the end of the tax visits, additional liabilities for salaries amounting to 3.2 billion lei were calculated, which is 23.3% more than in the previous year: 1.9 billion lei - social insurance contributions, 0.7 billion lei - contributions to the mandatory health insurance (MHI) fund, 0.6 billion lei - income tax on salaries. Besides, the tax inspectors found violations of the legislation in the field of labor relations. This resulted in additional payments amounting to 82.8 million lei (income tax, contributions to the budget of state social insurance and MHI funds, as well as fines and penalties), of which 26 million have already been paid. And during similar inspections conducted jointly with the State Labor Inspectorate, about 1 million lei of additional liabilities to the budget were calculated. In total, in 2024, the STS conducted 10.8 thousand tax audits, as well as organized 156 seminars for employees and employers from sectors with a high risk of non-compliance with the tax legislation. // 10.02.2025 - InfoMarket.
