More than 13,000 lease agreements were registered with local tax service divisions in 2019. As a result, revenues of 22.7 million lei were collected into the budget, up 6.3 million lei on 2018, IPN reports.

According to the State Tax Service, tax inspectors carried out inspections at over 600 private individuals who lease out real estate and additionally calculated over 715,000 lei basic payments, over 37,000 lei penalties and about 106,000 lei fines.

The persons who lease out real estate are urged to comply with the fiscal legislation and pay the tax of 7% of the earned revenues by the date of 2 of each month or in advance. If the lease was signed after the date of 2, the payment that month is made the next day after the agreement is concluded, at any commercial bank or post office in Moldova.