Retail trade based on patent will be possible until December 31, 2018, but only in the perimeter of markets. The deadline was extended for two years for the reason that a transition period is needed for the patent holders to be able to adjust to individual entrepreneurial activity. The patent tax will be adjusted to the market requirements. A bill to this effect was passed by Parliament in two readings on December 16, IPN reports.
Socialist MP Grigore Novac said in May the Socialist group registered a bill that was supported by patent holders. Afterward, the working groups constituted within the parliamentary commission and the Government agreed one thing, but in the bill there was introduced another thing. Until there is no alternative for this category of entrepreneurs, they should return to this initiative and agree how these traders will work when the deadline expires.
Liberal MP Valerian Bejan noted the patent holders should be explained that if they join the ranks of individual entrepreneurs, they will only gain.
Earlier, the legislation provided that retail trade based on patent will be banned from January 1, 2017. Those who wanted to continue work were to register as individual entrepreneurs and purchase cash registers. But after the patent holders mounted protests, the Government reviewed its previous decisions.
