You filed form 082 on 26 May? Three days later the obligation was gone

People who invoice under their personal ID number — royalties, rent, occasional work — had until 26 May 2026 to ask for registration in Romania's mandatory e-invoicing register. On 29 May, three days after the deadline, the law that removed the obligation entirely was published.

1. What happened, by date

2. Who is no longer obliged

Law 88/2026 removes the obligation for suppliers who identify themselves fiscally by personal ID number; for them the system is optional from 1 June 2026. The same law exempted individual farmers under the special agricultural regime, and the cultural institutes of other states operating here under intergovernmental agreements.

3. Who stays in

The test is not your legal form but how you identify yourself fiscally in that relationship. The same person can be in both situations in the same month: invoicing under a personal ID number is optional; invoicing under a sole trader's tax code, or a company's, is mandatory.

4. What to do now

You missed the 26 May deadline. There is nothing to catch up on — the obligation it served no longer exists.

You registered and do not want to be in. Ask to be removed with form 081, section V. It does not take effect on the day you file: it applies from the first day of the following month.

You registered and want to stay. That is allowed, and sometimes sensible: invoices that land automatically in a large client's accounting tend to get paid sooner.

5. The question the texts do not answer plainly

If you stayed in the register although the law no longer obliges you — do you still owe the transmission, or is it merely available to you? The legal texts do not say in so many words, and we will not invent an answer. What can be said without guessing: leaving is a request, not an assumption. If you do not want to be there, file form 081. If you stay, behave as if you are inside until your accountant tells you otherwise, in writing.