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Romania Raises Standard VAT to 21% and Replaces the 5%/9% Reduced Rates with a Single 11% Rate from 1 August 2025

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Romania’s Law No. 141/2025 on fiscal-budgetary measures, published in Official Gazette No. 699 of 25 July 2025, amends the Fiscal Code effective 1 August 2025, increasing the standard VAT rate from 19% to 21%. Further, the two reduced VAT rates (5% and 9%) are merged into a single 11% reduced rate.

The 21% rate will apply to all supplies currently taxed at 19 % and to several items that were h…

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