Romania, Tax Code: VAT Deficit Reached 30%, Three Times More than the EU Average
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Romania recorded an increase in budgetary and fiscal revenues in 2025, but remains among the last States of the European Union in this chapter. The Tax Council report shows that tax revenues reached 29.2% of GDP, with more than 11 percentage points below the EU average, and Romania still has the largest VAT hole in the Community block. Article Romania, the code for tax collection: the VAT deficit reached 30%, three times more than the EU average…
Romania continues to be the negative champion of the European Union in the collection of VAT. Of every 100 euros that the state should, theoretically, collect
Romania recorded in 2025 an increase in budgetary and fiscal revenues, but remains among the last States of the European Union in this chapter. The Tax Council report shows that tax revenues reached 29.2% of GDP, with more than 11 percentage points below the EU average, and Romania still has the largest VAT hole [...] Article Alarmant: We remain EU codaşi to recover VAT! appears first in Roman Chronicle.
Romania continues to be the European Union's negative champion for VAT collection. Of every 100 euros that the state should, theoretically, collect from this tax, about 30 euros no longer reach the budget. In 2023, the VAT compliance deficit – known as VAT Gap – was 30%, [...] Article The ANAF's inability to collect: Romania has the largest "VAT hole" in the EU. Almost 30% of the tax does not reach the budget first appears in Olt Alert.
Romania still has one of the lowest performance in the European Union when it comes to collecting taxes and revenues that actually reach the state budget. According to the annual report of the Fiscal Council, our country remains on the penultimate spot in the EU in terms of...
Romania remains among the EU countries with the lowest budgetary and tax revenues and ranks first in the VAT collection deficit, according to the annual report of the Fiscal Council.
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