The implementation date will be discussed with the International Monetary Fund this weekend, Ponta said, adding that he hopes a decision on this issue would be made by Monday.
Ponta said in July the Government informed the IMF about its intention to allow VAT payments upon cashing in invoices, instead of upon issuance, for companies with turnovers of up to EUR500,000, if payments are operated via banks.
Joint teams from the IMF, the EU and the World Bank are in Bucharest for the sixth review of a loan agreement signed last year. The agenda includes negotiations on a number of fiscal measures proposed by the Ponta Government and evaluating the draft budget for 2013.
In April 2011, Romania and the IMF signed a EUR3.6 billion loan agreement, a successor to a larger EUR20 billion international bailout package received during 2009-2011.
The new deal is supplemented by a EUR1.4 billion loan from the European Commission and another EUR1 billion from the World Bank. So far, the authorities in Bucharest have not drawn any funds.