{"id":124838,"date":"2015-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/government-considers-lowering-vat-to-9-for-the-entire-tourism-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:59:41","slug":"government-considers-lowering-vat-to-9-for-the-entire-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/government-considers-lowering-vat-to-9-for-the-entire-tourism-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Government considers lowering VAT to 9% for the entire tourism sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Government is considering lowering VAT to 9% for the entire tourism sector, stated Prime Minister Victor Ponta at the opening of the Tourism Fair at Romexpo, which took place between March 12-15.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&quot;Two recent initiatives were mentioned here that are meant to fundamentally support the development of tourism. Firstly, the reduction of VAT to 9% for all-inclusive packages and for the catering area. I understood the subtle hint that we should extend this 9% regime to everything related to tourism, and I believe this extremely legitimate grievance will be found in the new Fiscal Code,&quot; declared Victor Ponta.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybusiness.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Daily Business<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the proposed VAT rate for tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Romanian government is considering a reduction of the VAT rate to 9% for the entire tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which services currently benefit from lower VAT?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the 9% VAT rate applies to all-inclusive packages and catering services within the tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where was this announcement made?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Victor Ponta made the announcement during the opening of the Tourism Fair at Romexpo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government is considering lowering VAT to 9% for the entire tourism sector, stated Prime Minister Victor Ponta at the opening of the Tourism Fair at Romexpo, which took place between March 12-15. &quot;Two recent initiatives were mentioned here that are meant to fundamentally support the development of tourism. Firstly, the reduction of VAT to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2852],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotels-restaurants"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hotelieri-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124838"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}