“The Romanian government is not planning a tax on bank assets in the financial sector,” Tudose said in a statement to Bloomberg.
Liberal senator Florin Citu, member of the budget-finance committee in parliament, said Wednesday the government was planning a 0.5% tax on assets of banks, insurance companies and non-banking financial institutions.
“This government’s biggest problem is the lack of money in the state budget. It all starts with a smear campaign of the banking sector and the private pension system, laying the ground for a new tax,” said Citu.