We present a summary of the main legislative changes impacting the tax field, published in January 2026.
Ordinance no. 1/2026 amending and supplementing Law no. 207/2015 on the Fiscal Procedure Code (Official Gazette no. 75 of 30.01.2026).
Ordinance no. 1/2026 transposes into national legislation Council Directive (EU) 2025/872 of 14 April 2025 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC9):
Informative Declaration on the Supplementary Tax (Pillar II)
- • A standard model of informative declaration is introduced to fulfill the reporting obligations for supplementary tax under art. of Law no. 431/2023.
- • Specific rules are introduced regarding the communication between the tax authorities of EU member states of the data reported through the automatic exchange of information.
- • The use by Multinational Enterprise Groups and National Large-Scale Groups of any other form than the standard model of informative declaration constitutes a contravention and is sanctioned with a fine ranging between RON 10,000 – 30,000.
- • The standard model for the Informative Declaration regarding the supplementary tax shall be approved by order of the President of the National Agency for Fiscal Administration (NAFA) within 60 days from the entry into force of Ordinance 1/2026.
Automatic exchange of financial information
- • More stringent requirements are established regarding KYC and due-diligence procedures, introducing additional checks as well as extended reporting obligations for reporting financial institutions.
Ordinance no. 6/2026 amends Law no. 207/2015 on the Fiscal Procedure Code, along with certain fiscal-budgetary measures (Official Gazette no. 77 of 30.01.2026)
Law no. 207/2015 on the Fiscal Procedure Code
Declaration of secondary headquarters
- • Simplification of fiscal registration when a taxpayer has multiple secondary headquarters that pay salaries and income assimilated to salaries within the territorial jurisdiction on the same administrative unit / subdivision as its fiscal domicile.
- • For entities already established at the date of entry into force of Law no. 245/2025, the application of sanctions for the untimely submission of the fiscal registration declaration is postponed until June 30, 2026.
Tax on non-resident affiliated companies
- • Article 251 of the Fiscal Code regarding the special regime for taxpayers recording expenses with affiliated entities that are not established / constituted and not have their effective management place in Romania is repealed.
- This rule was introduced by Law 239/2025 and was effective starting January 1, 2026.
RO e-factura for individuals identified by CNP
- • The rules regarding the enrollment and use of the RO e-Factura system for suppliers/service providers identified fiscally by personal numeric code (CNP) are amended, extending until June 1, 2026 (previously January 15, 2026, under GEO 89/2025) the deadline from which the transmission of invoices related to supplies of goods/services must be mandatorily made through the RO e-Factura system.
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