As many as 213 persons paid penalties for delays in paying the property tax for last year by December 31, 2017. The deadline was December 25. In a response to an inquiry made by IPN News Agency, the State Tax Service said the penalty for delay was 0.0384% of the property’s value for each day of delay.
On January 31 this year, the number of those who paid the property tax stood at 1 865, out of the 2 287 persons who must pay this tax. The collected sum exceeded 35,000 lei, representing 80.7% of the sum calculated for 2017, which was 43,000 lei.
Respectively, 422 persons have outstanding debts in 2018 and the calculated penalty is 0.0329% for each day of delay.
The property tax is paid by private individuals who possess real estate (except for land) and shares estimated at 1.5 lei and more, with an area of 120 square meters and more. The taxable basis represents the estimated value of the property determined by local cadastral bodies on which a property tax of 0.8% is put. The sum of 107,500 lei is the highest property tax paid by an individual in 2017.
The persons who do not pay the property tax by the set deadline are imposed penalties for each day of delay, for the period that starts from the time limit and ends on the payment day.
In 2018, property tax will also be paid on cars assessed at 1.5 million lei and more.
