Tanczos Barna: “Nicușor Dan insisted that we do not increase the VAT/ For various reasons, the alternative variants were not accepted”

Deputy Prime Minister Tanczos Barna, former Minister of Public Finance, states that President Nicuşor Dan insisted that the value added tax (VAT) should not be increased, as promised in the election campaign, but although in the government coalition, several alternatives were proposed to the VAT increase, they were not accepted.

“To know that President Nicuşor Dan insisted, he really asked to seek a new solution, the coalition, in order not to increase the VAT. And for two weeks, in Cotroceni, I was the one who mediated the discussion between the four parties as interim minister to Finance and I brought many alternatives.” Barna in the program Insider political broadcast on Saturday by Prima TV.

The former holder of the Public Finance portfolio showed that, among the proposed alternatives were the introduction of the progressive tax rate, but also various financing schemes and “solutions to correctly bring money to those who, for example, do not pay or contribute”.

Tanczos Barna claims that “there are many” those who do not contribute to the state budget and that there are exceptions in each area.

“There are also exceptions regarding the payment of the tax on profit, so there are deductible expenses that can be attacked and the following packages will be attacked that will be targeted. They are also at VAT, there were those of three levels of taxation, they are also in the area of ​​health insurance. We discussed a lot. of financing, the ability of each one to carry the burden and pay taxes and taxes and a maximum withholding from the state when it makes payments.