{"id":196834,"date":"2025-07-30T11:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asd-int.com\/mini_blog\/romania-vat-will-officially-rise-to-21-from-1-august-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:53:46","slug":"romania-vat-will-officially-rise-to-21-from-1-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"mini_blog","link":"https:\/\/www.asd-int.com\/en\/romania-vat-will-officially-rise-to-21-from-1-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania: VAT will officially rise to 21% from 1 August 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we mentioned in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asd-int.com\/en\/romania-vat-rate-increase-under-consideration\/\">previous news on this subject<\/a>, President\u00a0<strong>Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/strong>\u00a0has officially signed the new fiscal package, which notably includes the increase in VAT rates. These measures will come into effect on\u00a0<strong>1 August 2025<\/strong>\u00a0and provide that:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>standard rate<\/strong>\u00a0of VAT will increase from 19% to 21%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>single reduced rate of 11%<\/strong>\u00a0will be applied instead of the former 5% and 9% rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The reduced rate of 11% will apply to:<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Medicines for human use<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Food products<\/strong>\u00a0(excluding alcoholic beverages, sweet products containing more than 10g of sugar per 100g, and certain dietary supplements)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>supply of water<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>irrigation<\/strong>\u00a0services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Agricultural inputs<\/strong>: fertilisers, pesticides, seeds, and related services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Books, newspapers, and magazines<\/strong> (excluding publications primarily containing audio, video, or advertising content)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Access to cultural sites<\/strong>: museums, castles, botanical gardens, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Firewood and wood pellets<\/strong> (under certain conditions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thermal energy for heating<\/strong> (for certain categories of consumers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Social housing<\/strong> and certain similar real estate properties (strict definitions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hotel accommodations and campsites<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restaurants and catering services<\/strong> (excluding alcoholic and sugary beverages)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transitional rules for real estate<\/h2>\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>9% reduced rate applied to housing<\/strong>\u00a0will be abolished from 1 August 2025.<br\/>Buyers who have signed a\u00a0<strong>pre-contract<\/strong>\u00a0before this date will be able to benefit from the reduced rate, provided they can prove a\u00a0<strong>minimum deposit of 20%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-notice root-eb-notice-qfq3d\">\r\n<div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-notice-qfq3d \">\r\n<div class=\"eb-notice-wrapper eb-notice-qfq3d\" data-id=\"eb-notice-qfq3d\" data-show-again=\"false\">\r\n<div class=\"eb-notice-title-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"eb-notice-title\">Need more information?<\/div><br><\/div><br>&nbsp;<br><div>\r\n<div class=\"eb-notice-text\">If you want to learn more about the impact of these fiscal changes on your business,\u00a0<strong>do not hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asd-int.com\/en\/contact\/\">contact the experts at ASD Group<\/a><\/strong>. They can assist you in understanding and implementing these new obligations.<\/div><br><\/div><br><\/div><br><\/div><br><\/div>\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.1616.ro\/media\/2\/2621\/33243\/22109823\/5\/pl230-pr230-25.pdf\">Romanian Parliament<\/a> (in Romanian)<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned in the previous news on this subject, President\u00a0Nicu\u0219or Dan\u00a0has officially signed the new fiscal package, which notably includes the increase in VAT&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":196824,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3379],"tags":[3351,4319],"pays":[824],"class_list":["post-196834","mini_blog","type-mini_blog","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiscal-en","tag-vat-en","tag-vat-rates","pays-roumanie-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VAT increase in Romania from August 2025 %sepsitename%% Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VAT rates in Romania will officially increase from 1 August 2025. 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