Constitutional Court Postpones Ruling On Tax Evasion Bill Challenge

Romania’s Constitutional Court postponed on Wednesday a ruling on a challenge filed by opposition parties against the tax evasion adopted by the Parliament in December 2018, which allows all culprits in a tax evasion case to escape prosecution if one of them pays the damages and a 20% fine.

5 views

Constitutional judges decided to postpone debates on the challenge for March 13.

Opposition parties filed the challenge on December 27, accusing that the bill creates a “privileged judicial framework” for individuals who commit tax evasion and encourages further offences.

Romania’s Lower Chamber passed the bill on December 19. Under its provisions, individuals indicted in tax evasion cases would see their prosecution end if they pay the damages, a 20% penalty and other interest and penalties until the first hearing in the respective court case.

This would also apply for cases with multiple tax evasion suspects, where all of them would evade prosecution if the damages and fine is paid under these conditions.

Suspects who choose to pay the damages and penalty between the first hearing and the end of the case will have to pay a penal fine or serve the sentence under supervision, depending on the circumstances of the offences.

If you liked this story, please follow MEDIAFAX.RO on FACEBOOK »

The content of mediafax.ro is for your information only. Republishing or using this content is forbidden without express consent of MEDIAFAX. For this consent, please ask for it by mail at vanzari@mediafax.ro.