10 September 2015
The International Monetary Fund and the EU, which oversaw Romania’s bailout during the financial crisis, have opposed its plan to cut its VAT rate to 19%. In response to this, the Romanian Parliament has now confirmed that it will reduce its standard VAT rate from 24% to 20% on 1 January 2016, and then from 20% to 19% in January 2017.
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