In the first half of 2025, the State Tax Service collected an additional 23.05 billion lei in payroll taxes, which is 13.6% more than in the same period last year
According to the State Tax Service, during this period, tax authorities conducted audits of 4,034 business entities and organized 103 seminars for employees and employers at high risk of non-compliance with legal requirements. Companies in vulnerable sectors that were subject to enforcement measures additionally declared salary obligations of 851.4 million lei (+52.3%), including 172.6 million lei in income tax commitments (+62.7%), social security contributions – 491.7 million lei (+49.4%), and contributions to the mandatory health insurance fund – 187 million lei (+51.2%). Also, as a result of the measures taken by the State Tax Service, violations of labor legislation were identified and 88 decisions were adopted on cases of violations of legislation in the field of calculation and payment of payroll taxes. As a result, additional liabilities related to the payment of wages were calculated in the budget: income tax, social insurance contributions, mandatory health insurance contributions, penalties and fines amounting to 10.3 million lei, of which 6.6 million lei were paid. It is also noted that in the first six months of 2025, the number of tax audits that revealed violations of labor legislation (reduction of the wage fund and related tax liabilities) decreased by 31.2%, from 128 to 88 cases. The amount of additional liabilities calculated per successful audit was 117 thousand lei, compared to 290 thousand lei for the same period last year. // 23.07.2025 — InfoMarket.
