The draft document has been sent to the Parliament to be adopted with urgency, according to the Government.
Earlier, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said the bill would be approved in the Government’s Wednesday meeting.
The formula to compute the lump-sum tax in the HORECA industry takes into account location (city size, areas), restaurant/bar size and seasonal coefficients.
According to the bill, restaurants and bars in central Bucharest and large county seats will pay an annual lump-sum tax ranging between EUR1,500 and EUR3,400.
Owners of restaurants with a floor of 150 square meters in central Bucharest will pay lump-sum tax of 17,136 lei (EUR3,900) per year starting 2014, while shawarma eateries will contribute lump-sum tax of at least RON12,474 per year.
Three-star hotel owners in Bucharest will pay RON334 per bed per year if the hotel is located in central area (A), RON321/bed/year for hotels in areas near the city center (B), RON294 for hotels located farther from the center (C) and RON281 for units on the city outskirts (D).
The value of the lump-sum tax for 1- and 2-star hotels in Bucharest is as follows: RON223/bed/year (A areas), RON214 (B areas), RON196 (C area) and RON187 (D area).
Owners of four-star hotels in the capital will pay: RON557/bed/year (A), RON535 (B), RON490 (C) and RON468 (D).
Five-star hotels in Bucharest’s A area will pay the highest lump-sum tax, of RON891/bed/year.
The lump-sum tax will also apply to providers of services in the auto sector, including car washes, tire and car repair shops. The formula on this segment will mainly consider the size of the units. (EUR1=RON4.4511)