Is it lawful to convert an employment agreement concluded for an indefinite period to a fixed-term agreement?

According to the Romanian Labour Code, fixed-term employment agreements can only be legally concluded in certain situations. In practice, a fixed-term employment agreement differs in many ways from the agreement concluded for an indefinite period,…

Employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses, according to European legislation

At EU level, this matter is stipulated by Council Directive 2001/23/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of…

Employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses, according to Romanian legislation

Directive 2001/23/EC which stipulates this matter at EU level was transposed into national legislation by Law No. 67/2006 on the protection of employees' rights in case of transfer of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses…

Taxpayers rights during the tax audit

Taxpayers’ rights during the tax audit are stipulated both in the Tax Procedure Code and in the Chart of rights and obligations of taxpayers during the tax audit. These rights are as follows: 1. The right to be notified of the tax audit Before…

Natural Persons Insolvency

The Natural Persons Insolvency Law no. 151/2015, which sets a collective procedure for the financial recovery of the debtor, a natural person, in good faith, with a view to recovering his/her liability and discharge his/her debt, was published…

The Transfer Pricing Documentation File in 2017 – The Procedure

Aside from its mandatory nature - the transfer pricing documentation file is the document that justifies before the tax authority why a certain price for a given transaction was chosen - the file can be seen as a tool for an effective management…

Amendments made to the General Registry of Employees

The decision amending the Government Decision no. 500/2011 on the general registry of employees (“GD 500/2011”) was published in the Official Gazette no. 963/28.11.2016. Significant changes have been made with regard to the rules governing…

The transfer pricing documentation file in 2017

The transfer pricing documentation file must be submitted by March 25th, 2017, which is the deadline for filing the corporate tax return, or by the deadline set for companies that apply any tax year other than the calendar year. The file has…

Tax changes as of January 1st, 2017

The changes recently proposed by the Ministry of Public Finance (MPF) in relation to the Tax Code and the Tax Procedure Code were passed by the Romanian Government on November 16th, 2016; the Emergency Ordinance is to be published in the Official…

TAX INACTIVITY IN CASE OF AN EXPIRED REGISTERED OFFICE

As of January, 1st 2016, when the new Tax Procedure Code entered into force, ANAF began a campaign to notify companies that have not renewed their registered offices, threatening with declaring them inactive for tax purposes if their situation…