Klaus Iohannis: I hope One Day You Will Explain To Me How You Can Come Under The 3% Budget Deficit
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stated Wednesday that, “one day”, he expects the government to explain to him how they could come under the 3% deficit, while cutting taxes and VAT and increasing salaries.
“You have a tough mission, you have to achieve complicated promises, you must deliver what you promised in the electoral campaign. That’s how I imagine a government should start after elections. The electoral campaign is not just a media circus. During the electoral campaign, promises have been made and this is what you have been voted for; this is what the government should deliver. I hope one day you will explain to me what you will do in order to come under a 3% budget deficit, while hiking salaries, cutting the taxes, the VAT and many other things,” President Iohannis stated after the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet.
The President asked for a responsible management of the economy. (mediafax.ro)
Several State Secretaries And Counselors In Ciolos Government Resign
Several state secretaries and counselors in Ciolos government have decided to resign on Wednesday.
They are: Monica Emanuela Althamer, Ioana Ursu and Marius Ionut Ungureanu – state secretaries in the Health Ministry, Sorana Rodica Baciu – state secretary at the PM’s Chancellery, Gabriela Raluca Popovici – state secretary in the Ministry for Public Consultation and Civic Dialog, state counselors Elena Maria Gheorghiu, Victor Giosan, Dan Flaviu Nechita and Liviu Iolu from PM’s Chancellery, Adrian Frantz Kalapis, secretary general in the Communication Ministry, Livia Stan, secretary general in the Health Ministry, and Cristina Ecaterina Corut, secretary general in the Ministry for Public Consultation and Civic Dialog.
The decisions were signed by Dacian Ciolos and published in the Official Gazette. (mediafax.ro)
ANAF To Publish List Of Companies Involved In Tax Fraud Networks
Romanian tax authority ANAF will publish “the black list” of companies involved in tax fraud networks, so that business partners should know it in due time and avoid doing business with such companies, according to finance minister Viorel Stefan.
“We will force ANAF to keep a black list of those companies, so that taxpayers would know who they start a business with,” Stefan said.
The finance minister said that, according to the current stipulations, ANAF can take measures against all companies which are in relations with a company charged with tax fraud. (mediafax.ro)
Pensions Lower Than RON2,000 To Be Exempted From Payment Of Income Tax
The budget committee on Wednesday adopted a favorable report on the draft law targeting the amending of the Tax Code so that pensions below RON2,000 would be exempted from the payment of income tax and social and health insurance contribution (CASS).
The head of the committee, Viorel Stefan, who is the new finance minister, submitted an amendment according to which pensions lower than RON2,000 would be exempted from the payment of the 16% income tax.
“We are talking about an electoral commitment that can be also found in the governing program submitted at the Parliament, which is aimed at eliminating the payment of the income tax for pensions below RON2,000 for all categories of pensioners,” Stefan stated.
The report adopted by the budget committee will be debated and voted Thursday; the Chamber of Deputies is the decisional body. (mediafax.ro)
Grindeanu, Asked About Resignation: The Governing Program Was Voted For 2017-2020
Prime Minister-designate Sorin Grindeanu, said Wednesday that the governing program was voted for 2017-2020, when asked about a potential resignation if the Constitutional Court rules that Law 90/2001 is unconstitutional.
”I have been voted as the Prime Minister of Romania today. The governing program is voted for 2017-2020,” said Sorin Grindeanu.
Romanian ombudsman, Victor Ciorbea, said Wednesday that he would notify the Constitutional Court on the unconstitutionality of Law 90/2001 which bans the persons with criminal convictions to be part of the government, adding that he does not target Dragnea case, but a general regulation.
“Sorin Grindeanu, intrebat despre o eventuala demisie: Programul de guvernare este votat pe 2017-2020” (mediafax.ro)