Romanian authorities cancel tip taxation

The authorities cancel the tip taxation on Friday afternoon, Public Finances minister Eugen Teodorovici announced in a statement at the ministry's headquarters.

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"Today, (Friday ? editor's note) I had a talk with all of those representing the hotels, restaurants market, the taxi companies as regards the tip. This idea has started from a demand by those in the market ever since 2012, when this thing was wanted in order to solve that situation when the control was coming and was identifying in the cashes additional sums of money as compared to the official cashing. This was the reason why the tip was regulated. Today, we have decided together, after a very constructive talk that this should be removed from the Ordinance which is regulating the tip in order to avoid the unpleasant situations in enforcing it, because all the situations encountered day by day could not be regulated. It was a joint decision, it was a demand on their behalf to remove this tip from the legal provision. It is removed for good," highlighted Teodorovici.

The Public Finances minister has met on Friday with the representatives of the HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, catering) industry, including the home delivery sector, and also with the representatives of the employers' organisations and of the trade unions with the taxi services' organisations, who he spoke to on the sidelines of the provisions referring to the tip taxation.

The Emergency Ordinance No. 8/2015 that defines the tip and sets the tip's highlighting on the tax receipt was published on April 28 in the Official Journal. AGERPRES