Moratory damages and inflation adjustments on court clerk salary arrears: preliminary ruling referral inadmissible under procedural rules
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible a referral by the Iași Tribunal seeking a preliminary ruling on whether moratory damages (default statutory interest) and inflation adjustments — awarded on salary differences granted to a court clerk by final judgments recognizing a higher sectoral reference value — are subject to the tax regime under Article 55(2)(j¹) and Article 296³ of the old Fiscal Code (Law 571/2003) or Article 76(2)(p) and Article 137(1)(a) of the new Fiscal Code (Law 227/2015). No substantive ruling was issued, so the referring court’s pending case remains unresolved; the referral was rejected as inadmissible under procedural rules for preliminary rulings, with the decision binding per Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code. The dispute concerned the fiscal treatment of compensatory amounts in a salary-related employment claim, and the dismissal was based on procedural inadmissibility rather than the merits of the tax-law question.
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AI generatedart. 137 alin. (1) lit. a) din Legea nr. 227/2015, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Moratory damages and inflation adjustments on court clerk salary arrears: preliminary ruling referral inadmissible under procedural rules: No substantive ruling was issued, so the referring court’s pending case remains unresolved; the referral was rejected as inadmissible under procedural rules for preliminary rulings, with the decision binding per Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code. The dispute concerned the fiscal treatment of compensatory amounts in a salary-related employment claim, and the dismissal was based on procedural inadmissibility rather than the merits of the tax-law question.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 179 Dosar nr. 303/1/2025
Ședința din 19 mai 2025
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Iaşi - Secţia I civilă, în dosarul nr. 3528/99/2023, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:
Dacă daunele interese moratorii sub forma dobânzilor legale penalizatoare şi actualizările cu indicele de inflaţie stabilite prin raportare la diferenţele salariale acordate în favoarea unui grefier, prin hotărâri judecătoreşti prin care au recunoscut îndreptăţirea la o valoare de referinţă sectorială superioară celei aplicate de angajator la data plăţii salariului, sunt supuse regimului fiscal prevăzut de dispoziţiile art. 55 alin. (2) lit. j1) şi dispozițiile art. 2963 din Legea privind Codul fiscal nr. 571/2003, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, respectiv art. 76 alin. (2) lit. p) şi art. 137 alin. (1) lit. a) din Legea nr. 227/2015 privind Codul fiscal, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 19 mai 2025.