The business entities that had to stop work as a result of the anti-epidemiological restrictions imposed by the authorities during the state of emergency will be exempted from paying income taxes and taxes on the salary paid to employees in technological unemployment. The decision was announced after the March 30 meeting of senior state officials, IPN reports.

President Igor Dodon said that for the enterprises that stopped work as a result of the decision taken by the Commission for Exceptional Situations, during the state of emergency the state, by co-participation, will help maintain the jobs and pay salaries by fully refunding the income tax of the private individual, the social contribution and medical contribution, which is 44-45% of the salary fund.

For the other enterprises that stopped work fully or partially not by the decision of the Commission for Exceptional Situations, there will be refunded 60% of the income tax of the private individual, the social contribution and medical contribution.

The Employment Fund will be increased three times. This way, the persons who worked for at least nine months at an enterprise and lost the job should go to the employment office to get 60-80% of the salary received at the last job. In the case of persons who worked for less than nine months or who didn’t have a stable job in the recent past and cannot benefit from the classical procedure for obtaining unemployment benefit, the state will offer financial support equal to the minimum guaranteed official salary, which is 2,775 lei.