Until the status of the notaries is changed from state into public, the social insurance contribution paid by the notaries will be 6% of the monthly incomes, under the amendments to the 2010 state social insurance budget law approved by the Government, Info-Prim Neo reports. The social insurance contribution paid by the employer for salaried notaries will be 23% of the salary fund and other rewards, as at present. The private notaries that will become public ones will also pay a social insurance contribution of 6% of the monthly salary and other rewards and will be entitled to all the types of state social services. Earlier, the notaries paid a fixed sum into the state social insurance budget. Last year it was 3,708 lei, while this year – 4,044 lei. Thus, the notaries were entitled to only a minimum pension and death benefit. The tax for 2010 was annulled as the private notaries are being replaced with public notaries who work under a license issued by the Ministry of Justice. The public notaries are independent and cover the costs related to their work themselves.