Finance minister in Romania initiates thorough investigations into major corporations with delinquent tax payments
In August 2025, Romanian Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare announced enhanced integrity checks and stricter oversight measures targeting large companies with persistent tax payment delays and suspected fraud. This initiative is part of broader fiscal reforms aimed at improving tax compliance and budget discipline.
The National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF), the body responsible for tax administration, will undergo new integrity checks for its staff. Tighter rules are also being implemented, particularly regarding debt restructuring for companies. Measures to curb profit shifting by multinationals and reduce tax evasion risks are also being considered.
Among the companies under scrutiny is a major local tobacco producer, reportedly owing over RON 600 million, including more than RON 300 million in unpaid excise duties with interest and penalties. The Romanian tax authority (ANAF) is conducting integrity checks on these companies to identify and stop tax evasion practices, delayed tax payments, and practices that delay tax payments.
The ANAF integrity division will focus on large companies with persistent tax payment delays and suspected fraud. The division is instrumental in restoring trust in the tax institution and ensuring equal treatment and zero tolerance for abuses among taxpayers. The minister has stressed the importance of ensuring that payment installment requests are not used as a loophole for avoiding obligations.
Some companies have entered preventive composition agreements to block forced tax collection by ANAF. However, the ANAF integrity division will prevent the use of tax payment installment requests as a loophole for avoiding obligations. The division will also investigate the use of various means to delay tax payments.
The Finance Ministry's renewed focus includes a stricter approach to tax evasion. The minister's actions are aimed at restoring trust in the tax institution and ensuring equal treatment and zero tolerance for abuses among taxpayers.
While specific details about ongoing or completed integrity checks on large Romanian companies are not fully public, the Finance Minister emphasized a commitment to strengthening enforcement mechanisms and fiscal discipline. However, the full reform package's publication has been postponed due to concerns about loopholes.
Related anti-corruption and integrity frameworks, such as Law no. 49/2025 on ethics and conduct norms for government members, signify broader institutional efforts to enhance integrity. However, these frameworks have yet to be fully implemented or complemented by additional enforcement rules and transparency requirements.
In summary, the current status is that integrity checks on large companies with tax delays and suspected fraud are being reinforced under Minister Nazare's directives, with new legal and administrative tools being developed and deployed at ANAF, but the process is ongoing and evolving as part of a wider fiscal reform agenda.
The Finance Ministry's renewed focus on fiscal reforms includes a stricter approach to business policy-and-legislation, aiming to improve tax compliance and budget discipline. The National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) is undergoing new integrity checks, and tighter rules are being implemented regarding debt restructuring for companies.
Among the large companies targeted are those with persistent tax payment delays and suspected fraud, as the ANAF integrity division concentrates its efforts on these entities to curb tax evasion, stop delayed payments, and prevent the use of tax payment installment requests as a loophole for avoiding obligations.
