The Government will allow mayors to impose multiple special taxes on tourists, arguing the need to attract funds for tourism promotion activities, without forcing them to limit themselves to the classic accommodation tax.
Through the new Fiscal Code, the Government decided that, starting this year, tourists will no longer pay the 1% hotel tax of the accommodation rate for each day of stay, collected by mayors through accommodation units. Instead, it was established that, to ensure the financial resources necessary for tourism promotion projects, local and county councils, and the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest, as the case may be, may institute “a tax” for the accommodation of tourists in accommodation structures, under conditions established by the local council’s decision.
Now, the Government will nuance this provision and offer mayors, by reformulating the text, the possibility of introducing several special taxes for tourism promotion.
“In order to ensure financial resources for tourism promotion, local and county councils and the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest may institute special taxes, such as: for the accommodation of tourists in accommodation structures, leisure facilities, established by the decision of the respective deliberative authority,” the draft of the modified norms states.
Source: Profit
Frequently Asked Questions
What changes are being made to tourism taxes in Romania?
The government is allowing local authorities to introduce multiple special taxes for tourism promotion, replacing the previous fixed 1% hotel tax.
Who has the authority to set these new taxes?
Local councils, county councils, and the General Council of Bucharest have the power to establish these taxes through official decisions.
What can these special taxes be applied to?
The taxes can be applied to tourist accommodation and leisure facilities to fund regional tourism promotion projects.