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Tax Service registered 36,029 rental contracts in ten months, up 33%In January–October 2026, the State Tax Service registered 36,029 property rental contracts, 33% more than a year earlier. Tax paid by individuals on rental income reached 105.3 million lei (+36.4%). Almost three quarters of the contracts are in Chișinău: 26,676 contracts and 77.64 million lei in revenue. Bălți follows (3.45 million lei, 2,196 contracts), then […]ANRE proposes a 62.7% rise in the price of Energocom electricity sold to suppliers62.7% — that is how much the price of electricity Energocom sells to suppliers could rise under a draft published by ANRE. The regulator calculated 3.27 lei/kWh, 1.26 lei above the 2.01 lei/kWh approved in March. Energocom had asked for 3.51 lei/kWh, a 74.6% increase. The draft assumes purchases of almost 1.1 billion kWh at […]From 2027, selling your only home will be tax-exempt even without residence registration thereFrom 1 January 2027, owners selling their only apartment or house will be able to claim an income tax exemption even if they were not registered as resident at that address. The change was announced by Finance Minister Victoria Belous. A home will count as a primary residence if the owner lived there for at […]
Taxi platforms must process payments only through Moldovan banks: Parliament passes the “Yandex law”Parliament has adopted in second reading amendments to the Road Transport Code known as the “Yandex law”. Ride-hailing platforms will be able to operate in Moldova only through tax-resident legal entities, and all payments must go exclusively through banks licensed in the country. The law takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette, without the […]From 20 November, foreign currency operations up to €100,000 no longer need NBM approval€100,000 — the new threshold for external financial operations that resident individuals and companies can carry out without authorisation from the National Bank. Until now the limit was €10,000. Most provisions of the new Law No. 226 on currency regulation take effect on 20 November 2026, according to the National Bank of Moldova. From 1 […]Energocom paid 19.6% more for electricity in October than in SeptemberIn October 2026, Energocom, Moldova’s central electricity supplier, bought 298,516 MWh at a weighted average price of EUR 195.90 per MWh. In September it paid EUR 157.42 per MWh — EUR 38.48, or 19.64%, less. Local generation covered 22.71% of the volume: 13.39% came from renewable plants and parks and 9.32% from Termoelectrica and CET-Nord. […]Petrol and diesel get cheaper on 7–9 November: MDL 30.52 and 35.73 per litreMoldova’s energy regulator ANRE has set new maximum fuel prices for 7–9 November 2026, including Monday. COR 95 petrol drops by 28 bani to MDL 30.52 per litre, and standard diesel by 21 bani to MDL 35.73. Compared with the end of September, petrol is now MDL 3.83 per litre cheaper and diesel MDL 1.11 […]National Bank suspends BPAY payment licence for six monthsThe National Bank of Moldova has suspended for six months the licence of BPAY, a company that provides payment services and issues electronic money. The decision was taken on 5 November and applies from 7 November 2026. A thematic inspection covering 27 October 2023 to 23 February 2026 found breaches of licensing and operating requirements, […]Moldova’s foreign reserves hit a record EUR 5.65 billionEUR 5.652 billion — that is the value of Moldova’s official reserve assets on 30 October 2026, an all-time high. Over the month, the reserves held by the National Bank of Moldova grew by EUR 199.65 million (+3.66%). The main contributor was European Commission budget support under the Reform and Growth Facility, worth EUR 144.11 […]Business week: 2 – 6 November 2026Five stories from the week of 2–6 November 2026 that matter for businesses and consumers. The NBM raised its base rate from 9% to 11%. New loans get more expensive, while deposits become more attractive. Read → Premier Energy asks ANRE for a tariff of 4.64 lei per kWh. If approved, electricity bills will rise […]