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Setting up a company

The forms, the capital, the registers and the permits that come with setting up a Romanian company, including the SRL (societate cu răspundere limitată, limited liability company).

Company Types in Romania Compared

The company forms of Romanian law compared on members, liability, capital, deed and management, with the branch and the subsidiary alongside.

Minimum Share Capital of a Romanian SRL

Which minimum capital rule binds which SRL, how the capital is paid in and how it is raised later.

How to Search the Romanian Company Register

What the trade register, the EU portal and ANAF show about a company, what a J number, a CUI and an EUID mean, and what is not public.

Freelancing in Romania as a PFA or an SRL

Working for yourself as a PFA (persoană fizică autorizată, authorised natural person) or through an SRL: who may register, liability, tax, VAT and visas, rule by rule.

Business Licences and Permits in Romania

What the trade register self-declaration covers, which sectors need a separate authorisation and which authority issues it.

Beneficial Owner Register in Romania (RBE)

Who counts as a beneficial owner of a Romanian company, who declares them, the update deadline and who may see the register.

Tax and accounting

The taxes a company and its founders meet, and the accounting duties that go with them. These guides explain the rules. RomaniaRegist does not keep books, prepare tax returns or give tax advice; that work belongs to an accountant or a tax consultant.

Taxes in Romania for Companies and Founders

Which taxes a foreign-owned Romanian company and its founders pay, from profit and dividends to VAT and payroll, and who may file what.

Corporate Income Tax in Romania

The profit tax: who pays it, how the taxable base is built, how losses are treated and when the profit tax declaration is due.

Micro-Enterprise Tax in Romania

The micro-company regime: who qualifies, how the revenue ceiling works with linked companies, the employee condition and the exits during the year.

Dividend Tax in Romania

How dividends are taxed, who withholds the tax and when, and what treaties, the EU parent rule and interim dividends change.

Accounting Requirements for a Romanian Company

Who answers for the accounts, who may keep the books, how to check an accountant on the CECCAR register and what a small company files.

Dormant and Inactive Companies in Romania

What a company that stops trading still has to file, what suspension and ANAF inactivity mean, and how reactivation and dissolution work.

VAT and numbers

The VAT rules, the tax numbers a company and its founders hold, and the electronic invoicing a Romanian company uses.

VAT Rates, Thresholds and Rules in Romania

The VAT rates, the registration ceiling, the reverse charge, cash accounting, returns and the fines for filing late.

VAT Refund in Romania for Companies

How a business gets VAT back: the refund claim, ANAF's check of a first claim, and the separate routes for EU and non-EU businesses.

Tax Identification Number in Romania (CUI, CIF, NIF)

Which tax number is which: a company's CUI, the generic CIF, a foreign founder's NIF and the CNP, who assigns each one and how to check it.

RO e-Factura and SPV Electronic Invoicing in Romania

Which invoices go through RO e-Factura, the upload deadline, how a foreign director gets into the SPV (Spațiul Privat Virtual), ANAF's online space, and what the fines are.

Visas and people

Residence, work authorisation and who signs for a company, for founders and owners who come from abroad. The guides state the rules; the decision on a permit belongs to the authority.

Residence Permits in Romania for Founders and Employees

How a residence permit works: the visa, the permit itself, the routes for work, study, family and business, long-term residence, and the state fees.

Golden Visa in Romania and Residence by Investment

What Romanian law provides on residence by investment, the visa route for an investor who founds a company, and the conditions attached to it.

Digital Nomad Visa in Romania

Who qualifies, how the income test works, the visa and permit steps, the state fees and the tax consequences of a long stay.

Work Permit in Romania for a Foreign Administrator

How a non-EU administrator who holds no shares obtains the visa and the permit to work, with the terms and the state fees.

Nominee Director in Romania and What the Law Allows

Who may administer an SRL, what the person who signs answers for, what the register shows and which lawful alternatives exist.