Parents’ money for financial support to schools must not be taxable - authorities of municipal education

The Administration Council of the Education, Science, Youth and Sports Division (DGETS) intends to request the Ministry of Finances and Government to exempt from tax the pre-university institutions’ expenses coming from the funds raised by the parents’ associations for the financial support offered to the education institutions. Chairwoman of the Education, Science, Youth and Sports Division (DGETS) of Chisinau municipality, Tatiana Nagnibeda, told Info-Prim Neo that the authorities should take into account the fact that this money, which is the parents’ incomes, have been already subjected to taxation when paying the salaries or other kinds of incomes and should not be subject to double taxation again. At present, DGETS administration asserts, the money allocated for the repair works, financed from the money raised by the parents’ associations, are subjected to 20% taxation, while the financial aids allocated to teachers – to 29%. At present, Public Parents’ Associations, which are legally registered, are in 82 pre-university institutions and 27 preschool institutions in the municipality. According to DGETS representatives, the monthly shares paid by parents are not high. They are up to 40 lei but they allow to support financially the education institutions, given that budgetary allocations are still insufficient to upkeep the education institutions. Tatiana Nagnibeda mentioned that in the last few years, thanks to the parents’ financial contributions, the schools were renovated, supplied with books and training kits. Moreover, the DGETS intends in the future to aim the funds raised from parents at improving the quality of studies and not at renovating schools. As many as 152 schools, attended by 96591 pupils, are operating in Chisinau municipality at present. The kindergartens, 146 in number, are attended by about 27117 children.