Following data analyses, ANAF found there are contributors whose annual income exceeded the VAT exemption cap but have not registered to pay this tax,” the tax authority said in a press release Sunday.
According to ANAF, based on checkup results the institution will set the contributions people who gain income from independent activities should have paid to the state budget and will determine if they should have registered to pay VAT.
ANAF highlighted that norms regarding VAT on income exceeding a certain threshold took effect on January 1, 2004, and dismissed claims that the institution is applying the norms retroactively.
Several artists and journalists criticized in a press release Thursday the tax authority’s “abusive move to claim VAT retroactively”.
Romania’s tax law states value added tax is applied to annual income exceeding EUR35,000.