Run Romanian payroll for tax year 2026: registering employees in REGES ONLINE (the successor to REVISAL) the day before they start, the monthly gross-to-net (employee pension contribution CAS 25%, health contribution CASS 10%, income tax 10% after the personal deduction), the minimum gross wage (…
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| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, employee pension contribution, withheld | 25% | 2026 | Fiscal Code art. 138(a), ANAF consolidated Fiscal Code |
| Extra employer CAS, special working conditions / particularly hard conditions (Legea 263/2010) | 4% / 8% | 2026 | art. 138(b) and (c), same page |
| CASS, employee health contribution, withheld | 10% | 2026 | art. 156, same page |
| Income tax on salary, final, withheld monthly | 10% | 2026 | art. 78(1) and (2), same page |
| CAM, employer work insurance contribution | 2.25% | 2026 | art. 220^3(1), same page |
| Upper limit on the employee CAS or CASS base | none for employees | 2026 | art. 139 and 157 set no cap, same page |
| National minimum gross wage, 1 January to 30 June 2026 | RON 4,050 a month for 165.334 hours (RON 24.496 an hour); HG 1506/2024 stays in force until HG 146/2026 repeals it on 1 July 2026 | 2026 | HG 1506/2024, ANAF copy; OUG 89/2025 preamble, ANAF copy |
| National minimum gross wage from 1 July 2026 | RON 4,325 a month for 166.667 hours (RON 25.949 an hour) | 2026 | HG 146/2026 art. 1, ANAF copy |
| Tax-free and contribution-free amount, full-time staff whose base salary equals the minimum wage | RON 300 a month for January to June 2026; RON 200 a month for July to December 2026 | 2026 | OUG 89/2025 art. III(1) and (6), ANAF copy above |
| Gross pay ceiling for that amount (excluding meal vouchers, holiday vouchers and food allowance) | RON 4,300 (January to June); RON 4,600 (July to December) | 2026 | OUG 89/2025 art. III(1)(b) |
| Basic personal deduction, gross pay up to the minimum wage | 20% of the minimum wage with no dependants; 25%, 30%, 35%, 45% with 1, 2, 3, 4 or more | 2026 | art. 77(4) table |
| Basic personal deduction, gross pay above the minimum wage | falls 0.5 points of the minimum wage for each RON 50 band above it; none above minimum wage + RON 2,000 | 2026 | art. 77(3) and (4) |
| Extra deduction, employee under 26 with gross pay up to minimum wage + RON 2,000 | 15% of the minimum wage | 2026 | art. 77(10)(a) |
| Extra deduction, per child under 18 enrolled in school (one parent, any salary) | RON 100 a month | 2026 | art. 77(10)(b) and (12) |
| Gifts at Easter, Christmas, 1 June, 8 March | not taxed and not in the CAS or CASS base up to RON 300 per person per occasion | 2026 | art. 76(4)(a), art. 142(b) |
| Maximum face value of one meal voucher | RON 45, for entitlements from November 2025 to September 2026 | 2026 | Legea 165/2018 art. 14 as amended by Legea 201/2025 art. I point 1, applied to January to September 2026 by art. II(2), text sent for promulgation, Chamber of Deputies |
| Benefits within the 33% of base salary monthly ceiling (meals up to one meal voucher a day, housing up to 20% of minimum wage, holiday services, pension and health premiums up to EUR 400 a year each, sport up to EUR 100 a year, nursery up to RON 1,500 a month per child) | not taxable within the limits | 2026 | art. 76(4^1) and (4^2), art. 142(aa^1) |
| Minimum CAS and CASS on any employment contract, including part-time | as if paid the minimum wage, pro rata to working days the contract was active; for 2026 the minimum wage used here is reduced by RON 300 (January to June) and RON 200 (July to December) | 2026 | art. 146(5^6) and 168(6^1); OUG 89/2025 art. III(5) |
| Rounding on D112 | every amount is a whole leu; contributions round half up (a fraction of 50 bani or more goes up), and a contribution under RON 1 becomes RON 1 | 2026 | ANAF, D112 technical structure for July 2026 onwards, structura_D112_0726_070926.pdf, section "Rotunjirile" |
| Payment and filing deadline | 25th of the following month (quarterly payers: 25th of the month after the quarter) | 2026 | art. 80, 146(3), 147(1) and (4), 168(3), 220^6(1) |
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This skill covers what an employer in Romania withholds and pays on salaries each month, what it costs on top of gross pay, and how it is reported. It links to the other Romania skills and does not repeat them: ro-employee-income-tax (the employee's own tax position and the personal deduction in depth), ro-income-tax (self-employed and other income), ro-cas-cass (self-employed contributions) and ro-cross-border (residence, non-residents, foreign employers and posted workers).
The law is Legea 227/2015 (Codul fiscal, "the Fiscal Code"), Title IV chapter III (salary income tax), Title V (social contributions) and Title V chapter IX (CAM). Penalties are in Legea 207/2015 (Codul de procedură fiscală, "the Procedure Code"). Both were read on 23 October 2026 in ANAF's consolidated texts, last updated by Legea 170/2026. The 2026 minimum-wage measures are in OUG 89/2025 and HG 146/2026, read in the copies ANAF hosts.
ro-cross-border.| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, employee pension contribution, withheld | 25% | 2026 | Fiscal Code art. 138(a), ANAF consolidated Fiscal Code |
| Extra employer CAS, special working conditions / particularly hard conditions (Legea 263/2010) | 4% / 8% | 2026 | art. 138(b) and (c), same page |
| CASS, employee health contribution, withheld | 10% | 2026 | art. 156, same page |
| Income tax on salary, final, withheld monthly | 10% | 2026 | art. 78(1) and (2), same page |
| CAM, employer work insurance contribution | 2.25% | 2026 | art. 220^3(1), same page |
| Upper limit on the employee CAS or CASS base | none for employees | 2026 | art. 139 and 157 set no cap, same page |
| National minimum gross wage, 1 January to 30 June 2026 | RON 4,050 a month for 165.334 hours (RON 24.496 an hour); HG 1506/2024 stays in force until HG 146/2026 repeals it on 1 July 2026 | 2026 | HG 1506/2024, ANAF copy; OUG 89/2025 preamble, ANAF copy |
| National minimum gross wage from 1 July 2026 | RON 4,325 a month for 166.667 hours (RON 25.949 an hour) | 2026 | HG 146/2026 art. 1, ANAF copy |
| Tax-free and contribution-free amount, full-time staff whose base salary equals the minimum wage | RON 300 a month for January to June 2026; RON 200 a month for July to December 2026 | 2026 | OUG 89/2025 art. III(1) and (6), ANAF copy above |
| Gross pay ceiling for that amount (excluding meal vouchers, holiday vouchers and food allowance) | RON 4,300 (January to June); RON 4,600 (July to December) | 2026 | OUG 89/2025 art. III(1)(b) |
| Basic personal deduction, gross pay up to the minimum wage | 20% of the minimum wage with no dependants; 25%, 30%, 35%, 45% with 1, 2, 3, 4 or more | 2026 | art. 77(4) table |
| Basic personal deduction, gross pay above the minimum wage | falls 0.5 points of the minimum wage for each RON 50 band above it; none above minimum wage + RON 2,000 | 2026 | art. 77(3) and (4) |
| Extra deduction, employee under 26 with gross pay up to minimum wage + RON 2,000 | 15% of the minimum wage | 2026 | art. 77(10)(a) |
| Extra deduction, per child under 18 enrolled in school (one parent, any salary) | RON 100 a month | 2026 | art. 77(10)(b) and (12) |
| Gifts at Easter, Christmas, 1 June, 8 March | not taxed and not in the CAS or CASS base up to RON 300 per person per occasion | 2026 | art. 76(4)(a), art. 142(b) |
| Maximum face value of one meal voucher | RON 45, for entitlements from November 2025 to September 2026 | 2026 | Legea 165/2018 art. 14 as amended by Legea 201/2025 art. I point 1, applied to January to September 2026 by art. II(2), text sent for promulgation, Chamber of Deputies |
| Benefits within the 33% of base salary monthly ceiling (meals up to one meal voucher a day, housing up to 20% of minimum wage, holiday services, pension and health premiums up to EUR 400 a year each, sport up to EUR 100 a year, nursery up to RON 1,500 a month per child) | not taxable within the limits | 2026 | art. 76(4^1) and (4^2), art. 142(aa^1) |
| Minimum CAS and CASS on any employment contract, including part-time | as if paid the minimum wage, pro rata to working days the contract was active; for 2026 the minimum wage used here is reduced by RON 300 (January to June) and RON 200 (July to December) | 2026 | art. 146(5^6) and 168(6^1); OUG 89/2025 art. III(5) |
| Rounding on D112 | every amount is a whole leu; contributions round half up (a fraction of 50 bani or more goes up), and a contribution under RON 1 becomes RON 1 | 2026 | ANAF, D112 technical structure for July 2026 onwards, structura_D112_0726_070926.pdf, section "Rotunjirile" |
| Payment and filing deadline | 25th of the following month (quarterly payers: 25th of the month after the quarter) | 2026 | art. 80, 146(3), 147(1) and (4), 168(3), 220^6(1) |
The CAM receipts are split by law (15% wage guarantee fund, 20% unemployment, 5% work accidents, 40% sick pay, 20% state budget), but the employer pays one amount (art. 220^6(4)).
Step 1: gross pay. Gross monthly salary income is everything received in the month under art. 76(1) to (3), in cash or in kind (norm 14(1) to art. 78). Benefits in kind count unless listed as non-taxable (art. 76(3) and (4)). Personal use of a company car counts, except where the car's costs are only 50% deductible (art. 76(4)(ț)).
Step 2: the CAS base. Gross pay (art. 139(1)), less the items in art. 141 and 142 (art. 146(5)). The main exclusions:
Step 3: the CASS base. The same as the CAS base, except that meal vouchers and holiday vouchers are included at face value (art. 157(1)(ț) and (2)).
Step 4: the CAM base. Gross pay less the art. 142 items (art. 220^4(2)). Meal vouchers and holiday vouchers are therefore outside CAM.
Step 5: the minimum-wage relief (2026 only). It applies to a full-time employee at the main job whose contractual base salary, without bonuses, equals the minimum wage, and whose gross pay excluding meal vouchers, holiday vouchers and food allowance is no more than RON 4,300 (January to June) or RON 4,600 (July to December). For that employee, RON 300 a month (January to June) or RON 200 a month (July to December) is free of income tax, CAS, CASS and CAM (OUG 89/2025 art. III(1), which overrides art. 78, 139, 140, 157 and 220^4). The amount is reduced for part months, for new joiners and leavers, and for months when the base salary was at the minimum for only part of the month (art. III(4)). If the base salary is cut at any time up to 31 December 2026, the relief is lost (art. III(2)).
Step 6: the minimum CAS and CASS rule. For every employment contract, full-time or part-time, the CAS and the CASS cannot be less than 25% and 10% of the minimum wage, pro rata to the working days the contract was active in the month (art. 146(5^6), applied to CASS by art. 168(6^1)). For 2026 the minimum wage used in this test is reduced by RON 300 (January to June) or RON 200 (July to December) (OUG 89/2025 art. III(5)). So the floor is a base of RON 3,750 a month to June and RON 4,125 from July. The employer pays the shortfall in the employee's name (art. 146(5^9)). The floor does not apply to (art. 146(5^7)):
Example: a half-time employee on RON 2,100 gross for the whole of March 2026, in none of these groups, owes CAS of RON 525 on actual pay. The floor is 25% of RON 3,750, which is RON 937.50, declared as RON 938 on D112, so the employer pays the RON 413 difference. On CASS the floor is RON 375 against RON 210, so the employer adds RON 165.
Step 7: the income tax base at the employee's main job ("funcția de bază") is (art. 78(2)(a)):
The base is rounded to the leu: fractions up to 50 bani are dropped, fractions above 50 bani round up (norm 4 to art. 64). Tax is 10% of the base. CAS, CASS, CAM and the tax are declared on D112 in whole lei, rounded half up (ANAF D112 technical structure). At a second job no personal deduction is given: tax is 10% of gross less contributions (art. 78(2)(b)).
The personal deduction (art. 77) is given only at the main job and only to residents and newcomers taxed as residents (art. 77(1)). The basic deduction applies where gross monthly pay is no more than the minimum wage plus RON 2,000, using the lowest minimum wage in force in the month (art. 77(3)). That is RON 6,050 to June 2026 and RON 6,325 from July. The rate falls in RON 50 bands (art. 77(4) table). Fixed sums are rounded to the leu with the same rule as the base (art. 66). Dependants are a spouse or relatives up to the second degree with income up to 20% of the minimum wage; minor children always count, and each parent can claim them (art. 77(5) to (7)). The deduction is not cut for part-time work (norm 13(14) to art. 77). ro-employee-income-tax covers the deduction in more depth.
Directors and mandate contracts. Administrators' fees, mandate contract pay and board fees are in the CAS, CASS and CAM bases (art. 139(1)(d) to (f), 157(1)(e) to (g), 220^4(1)(d) and (e)).
| Event | What | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before the first day of work | register the contract in REGES ONLINE | at the latest the day before work starts | HG 295/2025; Inspecția Muncii REGES ONLINE Q&A, questions 42 and 44 |
| Suspension of a contract | record it in REGES ONLINE | the day before; medical leave and unjustified absence within 3 working days of the certificate or event | HG 295/2025 art. 5(1)(e), quoted in the Q&A, question 40 |
| Each payday | calculate and withhold income tax, CAS and CASS | on payment | art. 80(1), 146(1), 168(1) |
| Monthly payers | file D112 (Declarația privind obligațiile de plată a contribuțiilor sociale, impozitului pe venit și evidența nominală a persoanelor asigurate), one entry per employee, and pay income tax, CAS, CASS and CAM | by the 25th of the month after the month the salary relates to | art. 80(1), 81(1), 146(3), 147(1), 168(3), 220^6(1), 220^7(1) |
| Quarterly payers | file one D112 per month of the quarter and pay | by the 25th of the month after the quarter | art. 80(2), 147(4) and (5) |
| Who may file quarterly | non-profits; profit-tax companies with total revenue up to EUR 100,000 and an average of under 3 employees last year; micro-enterprises with an average of under 3 employees; PFAs, individual enterprises and liberal professions with staff | from last year's figures | art. 80(2) and (3), 147(6) and (7) |
| Opting out of quarterly filing | file the option on paper | by 31 January | art. 147(8) and (16) |
| Quarterly filer whose employee goes on sick leave or leaves | file D112 for that month early | by the 25th of the following month | art. 147(11) |
| How D112 is filed | electronically, on the e-România portal | n/a | art. 147(16) |
| Back pay and court awards | CAS: spread over the months they relate to, at that period's rates, with amended D112 for those months. Income tax: calculated and withheld on the payment date under the rules for income outside the main job, so no personal deduction | by the 25th of the month after payment | art. 146(9) and (9^1), 147(3) and (3^1); art. 78(3) and (4) |
| Year end | the employer computes each employee's annual salary tax; gives the employee a statement of income, deductions and tax on request | after year end; on request | art. 78(5), 81(2) |
| Employee's 3.5% of tax to a charity | the employee files a request with ANAF, or agrees with the employer that it pays the amount monthly | request by 25 May of the next year | art. 123^1(3) and (6), 122(3) |
All from the Procedure Code (ANAF consolidated text):
ro-cross-border.ro-cross-border.Maria earns a gross salary of RON 4,600 in March 2026. She is 34, has one child aged 10 enrolled in school, and claims the child as her dependant and for the school deduction. Her base salary is above the minimum wage, so the RON 300 relief does not apply. She gets no meal vouchers.
name: RO payroll, gross RON 4,600, one child in school, March 2026
inputs:
gross: 4600
min_wage: 4050
deduction_rate_pct: 19.5
child_school: 100
steps:
- cas: gross * 0.25
- cass: gross * 0.10
- basic_deduction: round(min_wage * deduction_rate_pct / 100)
- deduction: basic_deduction + child_school
- base: gross - cas - cass - deduction
- income_tax: base * 0.10
- net: gross - cas - cass - income_tax
- cam: round(gross * 0.0225)
- employer_cost: gross + cam
- paid_to_budget: cas + cass + income_tax + cam
expected:
cas: 1150.00
cass: 460.00
basic_deduction: 790.00
deduction: 890.00
base: 2100.00
income_tax: 210.00
net: 2780.00
cam: 104.00
employer_cost: 4704.00
paid_to_budget: 1924.00
Ion works full-time on the minimum wage of RON 4,325 from 1 July 2026 (HG 146/2026). In July he also gets 20 meal vouchers of RON 30 each, RON 600 in total (within the RON 45 cap). He is 40, has no dependants and no children in school. His gross pay excluding meal vouchers is RON 4,325, below the RON 4,600 ceiling, so RON 200 is free of tax and contributions (OUG 89/2025 art. III).
Note on the band: OUG 89/2025 art. III(1) sets aside art. 78, 139, 140, 157 and 220^4 for the RON 200, but not art. 77. Gross monthly pay for art. 77 is all salary income of the month under art. 76(1) to (3) (norm 14(1)), and the RON 200 is salary income. So the RON 200 stays in gross pay when the band is chosen. Leaving it out would give RON 4,725, band "minimum wage + 351 to 400 lei", 16% and a deduction of RON 692.
name: RO payroll, minimum wage RON 4,325 with RON 600 meal vouchers, July 2026
inputs:
gross_salary: 4325
meal_vouchers: 600
relief: 200
min_wage: 4325
deduction_rate_pct: 14
steps:
- cas_base: gross_salary - relief
- cas: round(cas_base * 0.25)
- cass_base: cas_base + meal_vouchers
- cass: round(cass_base * 0.10)
- deduction: floor(min_wage * deduction_rate_pct / 100)
- base: gross_salary + meal_vouchers - relief - cas - cass - deduction
- income_tax: round(base * 0.10)
- cash_net: gross_salary - cas - cass - income_tax
- cam: round(cas_base * 0.0225)
- employer_cost: gross_salary + meal_vouchers + cam
expected:
cas_base: 4125.00
cas: 1031.00
cass_base: 4725.00
cass: 473.00
deduction: 605.00
base: 2616.00
income_tax: 262.00
cash_net: 2559.00
cam: 93.00
employer_cost: 5018.00
| Source | URL | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Legea 227/2015 privind Codul fiscal, ANAF consolidated text with norms, last updated by Legea 170/2026 (art. 60, 64, 66, 76-82, 122, 123^1, 128, 135^2, 138-147, 156-157, 168, 220^1-220^7, 223; norms 4, 13 and 14 to Title IV) | https://static.anaf.ro/static/10/Anaf/legislatie/Cod_fiscal_norme_2023.htm | 2026-10-23 |
| OUG 89/2025 (Monitorul Oficial 1203 of 24 December 2025), preamble and art. III, ANAF copy | https://static.anaf.ro/static/10/Anaf/legislatie/OUG_89_2025.pdf | 2026-10-23 |
| HG 146/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 196 of 13 March 2026), minimum wage from 1 July 2026, ANAF copy | https://static.anaf.ro/static/10/Anaf/legislatie/HG_146_2026.pdf | 2026-10-23 |
| HG 1506/2024, minimum wage RON 4,050 from 1 January 2025, ANAF copy | https://static.anaf.ro/static/10/Anaf/legislatie/HG_1506_2024.pdf | 2026-10-23 |
| Legea 207/2015 privind Codul de procedură fiscală, ANAF consolidated text (art. 174, 176, 181, 336) | https://static.anaf.ro/static/10/Anaf/cod_procedura/Cod_Procedura_Fiscala_2023.htm | 2026-10-23 |
| Legea 201/2025 amending Legea 165/2018 (meal voucher cap RON 45), text sent for promulgation, Chamber of Deputies file PL-x 342/2023 | https://www.cdep.ro/ords/pls/proiecte/docs?2023/pl342_pr342_23.pdf | 2026-10-23 |
| ANAF, D112 technical structure for income from July 2026 (rounding rules, OUG 89/2025 fields) | https://static.anaf.ro/static/10/Anaf/Declaratii_R/AplicatiiDec/structura_D112_0726_070926.pdf | 2026-10-23 |
| Inspecția Muncii, ITM Botoșani notice 69 of 8 January 2026 on Labour Code art. 260 as amended by Legea 239/2025 | https://www.inspectiamuncii.ro/documents/521316/523496/20260112_COMUNICAT+MUNCA+NEDECLARATA+01.2026.pdf/35df8a29-b7a3-4a33-854b-b6042fb55ba3 | 2026-10-23 |
| Inspecția Muncii, REGES page (portal from 1 April 2025) | https://www.inspectiamuncii.ro/reges | 2026-10-23 |
| Inspecția Muncii, "Întrebări și răspunsuri REGES ONLINE" (questions 40, 42, 44) | https://www.inspectiamuncii.ro/documents/66402/85254633/%C3%8Entreb%C4%83ri+%C8%99i+r%C4%83spunsuri+REGES+ONLINE.pdf/690a056b-bcec-49ff-85e5-8d264e7301bc | 2026-10-23 |
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