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Romania anti‑fraud enforcement and transparency reforms

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2026-07-27 20:59 UTC → 2026-07-31 15:49 UTC · added removed

Since mid‑June 2026 Romania’s National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) ANAF has broadened its anti‑fraud toolkit with videoconference inspections, debt‑alert templates for amounts over 40,000 lei, templates, a monthly “white list” of compliant firms, and tighter oversight of short‑term‑rental income from platforms such as Airbnb. In July the Finance Ministry modernised the profit‑tax registry, allowed electronic filing, and required notaries to submit Form 208 for residential transactions recorded in the first half of the year. An order gave the Antifrauda unit authority to levy up to 70 % on unidentified personal‑income sources, and the General Anti‑Fraud Directorate uncovered a 26.36‑million‑lei MMA‑streaming scheme on 9 July. Ordinance 750/2026 extended regulation to crypto services. ANAF’s digital evaluation of almost 100 000 taxpayers showed in‑person service scores around 4.0/5 and portal scores near 3.6/5, prompting plans for a new portal and a Virtual Private Space. From 27 July it crypto‑service regulation. The agency also began automatically issuing 2021 tax‑assessment decisions for individuals who failed to file the 2021 Unified Declaration or filed it with errors. The assessments cover rental, self‑employment, agricultural, foreign, investment, online‑activity and cryptocurrency earnings; taxpayers have 60 days to file a corrected return before the assessment is finalised. Notices are sent via the private virtual space or by mail, and the 2021 obligations will not prescribe until 1 July 2027. erroneous returns. In parallel, late July, ANAF announced intensified checks on overseas earnings of earnings, notifying Romanian fiscal residents. For the residents whose 2025 fiscal year, 58 524 returns reported showed taxable income above 5 billion lei, 77 lei—77 % of which came it from investments. Unreported Taxpayers who cannot justify foreign income may trigger face an automatic assessment and a 70 % penalty. The Agency On 29 July the Romanian Parliament approved a tax‑amnesty law for Rural Investment Funding (AFIR) also companies with cancelled or suspended VAT registrations, cancelling erroneous VAT liabilities and providing restitution for payments made since 1 January 2019; the measure awaits presidential promulgation. The same bill introduced a temporary measure (24 July–14 August) performance‑based reward scheme for ANAF and Customs staff, allowing bonuses up to keep 12 % of salary budgets, a provision criticised by business organisations. ANAF’s Antifrauda unit disclosed an organised tax‑evasion scheme in the €265‑million EU solar‑energy funding round security‑services sector, estimated to cost the state over 12.35 million lei and prompting criminal investigations. The agency also began targeted controls on schedule after authors whose royalty income exceeds 395 000 lei, requiring VAT registration, a cyber‑attack disabled the cadastral system. step described by former finance minister Varujan Vosganian as an “offense rather than a threat.”

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  1. 2026-07-31 15:49 UTC Romania anti‑fraud enforcement and transparency reforms
  2. 2026-07-27 20:59 UTC Romania anti‑fraud enforcement and transparency reforms
  3. 2026-07-26 07:57 UTC Romania anti‑fraud enforcement and transparency reforms

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