How do I register my NGO in the ANAF Register using form 163?
Without being listed in the Register of entities/religious units, a company that sponsors you gets no tax credit, and 3.5% redirections never reach you. Registration is done electronically with form 163.
Short answer
- You file form 163 electronically, through the dedicated application on the ANAF website.
- You attach the tax clearance certificates from the local tax offices where you hold taxable assets.
- You must have no tax arrears older than 90 days past the due date.
- All your tax returns and annual financial statements must have been filed.
- ANAF processes the request within 5 days of filing at the latest.
Conditions that must all be met
- You genuinely carry out activity in the field the organisation was set up for.
- You have met every tax filing obligation required by law.
- You have no tax arrears older than 90 days past their due date.
- You have filed your annual financial statements.
- You have not been declared fiscally inactive.
Why it matters for your funding
The Register is the condition both fiscal mechanisms that fund Romanian NGOs depend on.
- A company can deduct its sponsorship from profit tax only if you were in the Register when the contract was signed.
- The 3.5% income-tax redirection is not transferred to an unregistered organisation.
- Removal from the Register cancels the effect of requests donors already filed for the current year.
Common mistakes
- You sign the sponsorship contract before being registered — the company loses the credit, even if you register later.
- You forget an unfiled return and the request is rejected, even with no debts.
- You do not check annually that you are still in the Register before the March–May campaign.
How 4ong helps
- Keeps sponsorship contracts in one place with their signing date — proof you were registered at that moment.
- Flags recurring filing deadlines, so an arrear cannot push you out of the Register.
- Links each sponsorship to the project and budget line it funds.