ANAF collected in 2016 total revenues of almost RON 200 billion

National Agency of Fiscal Administration (ANAF) collected in 2016, revenues of almost EUR 200 billion, RON 2.6 billion more year-on-year, while revenues to the state budget stood at around RON 137.43 billion, down from 137.46 billion recorded last year, according to preliminary data centralized by ANAF.

However, in both cases, the degree of revenue collection is under the program revised at the November 2016 rectification, of 99.8 percent in the case of total revenues and of 99.4 percent in the case of budget revenues.

“According to preliminary data centralized so far, ANAF collected in 2016 budget revenues amounting to RON 199.4 billion, RON 2.6 billion more than in 2015, and RON 3.52 billion (1.8 percent) more than the program provided in January 2016 by the budget laws, while the revised program at the November 2016 rectification was met in a proportion of 99.8 percent. Thus, so far the state budget collected so far RON 137.43 billion in 2015, 3.3 percent more than the initial program, fulfilling the revised program in a proportion of 99.4 percent, thus,” an ANAF statement reads.

The ANAF collected RON 51.66 billion in VAT, 0.7 percent (RON 353 million) less compared to the initial program and 2 percent (RON 1.06 billion) less than the revised program. Although the standard VAT share was reduced with 16.6 percent compared to 2015, the VAT collected by the ANAF in 2016 is 9.6 percent (5.46 billion) less than 2015, recovering 7 percent. The average share was reduced from 24 percent to 20 percent starting 1 January 2016, with a fiscal influence reflected from February, and the VAT share reduced to 9 percent for food was in force throughout 2016, while in 2015 it entered force only on 1 June,” the statement said.

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The ANAF published its preliminary data shortly after its head Dragos Doros announced he was stepping down. Doros, who was appointed head of ANAF in March 2016, resigned shortly after the Romanian Minister of Finance, Viorel Stefan, said that the government would start to evaluate the performance of the current management team of the tax body.

Tax collection is a priority for Romania, however the country has some of the poorest collection rates among EU countries.

According to Eurostat, the statistics office of the EU, Romania’s tax collection accounted for 28 percent of GDP in 2015, up from 27.5 percent in the previous year. Meanwhile, the EU 28 average stood at 40 percent in 2016.

Georgeta Gheorghe