Romania Considers Expanding Anti-VAT Fraud Measures to Reduce Significant VAT Gap Losses

• Romania is considering wider use of the anti-VAT fraud reverse charge mechanism
• This mechanism removes VAT cash payment from a B2B customer to their supplier
• No further VAT payments occur through the chain until the final consumer
• Romania has a significant VAT Gap, losing about one-third of expected VAT
• In 2022, the nominal value of these losses was over 8 billion euros

Source: vatcalc.com

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