Why it is important to check the turnover figure as of 12/31/2017

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Why is it important to verify the turnover as of 12/31/2017 ? 4 reasons make it important to verify turnover (total invoiced revenue as of the end of 2017).

1) Shifting from the tax on tax profit (ordinary regime) to the micro-enterprise regime. Regarding this first point, the following conditions can be verified:

– If, as of 12/31/17, the taxpayer was a micro-enterprise and had less than €1,000,000 in turnover –> Remains micro-enterprise in 2018;

– if the taxpayer was subject to profit tax as of 12/31/17 and had less than 1,000,000 euros in turnover –> becomes a micro-enterprise in 2018;

– if the taxpayer was subject to profit tax as of 12/31/17 and made more than 1,000,000 euros in turnover –> remains subject to profit tax in 2018.

2) Change from VAT exemption regime to VAT deduction-payment regime (ordinary)

The ceiling related to the turnover above which registration for VAT purposes of the taxpayer is mandatory has remained fixed at 220,000 lei. Of course, it is also possible to opt for registration and activation of the ordinary VAT regime.

3) Change from quarterly to monthly VAT periodicity and vice versa.

In this case, the reference ceiling is in of 100,000 euros; if during the year the quarterly taxpayer exceeds the 100,000 euros turnover threshold, he is obliged with effect from January 1 of the following year to declare and settle the tax on a monthly basis.

To the same extent, if a monthly taxpayer has not exceeded the turnover of 100,000 euros by the end of the year, he or she is obliged to declare and settle the tax on a quarterly basis as of January 1.

4) Transition to VAT settlement under the “cash-in” system

The taxpayer may optionally apply the system upon collection for tax settlement. This system is compulsorily replaced as of January 1 of the year after the turnover (revenue) of 2,250,000 lei is exceeded.

All these reasons require constant verification of the turnover recorded during the year (for the 1st reason) or at the end of the fiscal year.

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Cristian Meneghetti

Italian accountant, working in Romania, expert in international taxation, graduated in Economics from the University of Venice.