How much does accounting for a Romanian SRL cost in 2026?
The price is not a fixed amount per company type but a function of two variables: how many documents come in each month and how many employees you have. Any quote without those two figures is an estimate, not a price.
Short answer
- Accounting for an SRL with a normal volume of activity costs between 200 and 900 lei a month in 2026.
- A dormant company costs 70 to 170 lei a month, covering the zero returns and the annual accounts.
- A sole trader costs from roughly 139 to 200 lei a month, being on single-entry bookkeeping.
- Pricing is set by number of ledger entries and headcount, not as a single per-company fee.
- The annual accounts, payroll and VAT registration are usually charged separately.
What drives the price
- The monthly document count: sales invoices, purchase invoices, bank statements, receipts.
- Headcount, since each contract adds a payslip, a D112 return and REGES-ONLINE reporting.
- VAT registration, which brings ledgers, the D300 return and, for intra-EU transactions, D390.
- Intra-EU and import-export transactions, which require extra returns.
- Inventory management, which is markedly more laborious than a services-only business.
- How you hand over documents: a tidy digital folder costs less than an envelope of receipts.
Price ranges by company type
Observed monthly cost on the Romanian market in 2026
| Situation | Monthly cost | Usually included |
|---|---|---|
| Dormant SRL | 70 – 170 lei | Zero returns, D406, annual accounts |
| Single-entry sole trader | 139 – 200 lei | Registers, the single tax return, VAT records if applicable |
| Small SRL, no employees | 200 – 400 lei | Current bookkeeping, returns, D406 |
| SRL with employees and VAT | 400 – 900 lei | All of the above plus payroll and VAT returns |
Practical examples
- An IT services SRL with one employee, VAT-registered, with 15 sales and 20 purchase invoices a month typically sits in the 400 to 550 lei band.
- An online shop with inventory, 300 orders a month and three employees frequently exceeds 900 lei, because of document volume.
- A dormant SRL pays under 200 lei a month but still needs the annual accounts and a zero D406.
Common mistakes
- Comparing quotes without checking what each includes: the annual accounts and payroll are often billed separately.
- Picking the lowest price for a volume that will grow: the fee is renegotiated anyway once the document count rises.
- Handing over documents late and disordered, which raises the real cost even if the contracted fee stays put.
- Forgetting your own overhead: the time spent collecting and sending documents is a cost too.
How 4conta helps
The two variables that set the price — document count and headcount — are exactly the ones automation touches. In 4conta documents arrive by upload or straight from e-Factura, bank statements reconcile automatically, and the hours spent collecting and keying them disappear from the invoice.
The subscriptions are built on the same criteria the market uses, so you can compare directly: the document and headcount tiers are on the pricing page, with no need to request a quote.