The Finance Ministry is trying to introduce simplified payment systems, such as the online payment or payment by card, Finance Minister Anca Dragu said yesterday.

This is part of the authorities’ plan to increase the voluntary compliance, reports local Agerpres.

The National Fiscal Administration Agency (ANAF) wants to introduce the payment by card in the following months, said ANAF president Dragos Doros. Romanian taxpayers can only pay their taxes in cash.

“Unhappily, we are one of the few institutions that haven’t yet implemented it,” he added.

The taxpayers will also soon be able to pay their taxes online, via the Ghiseul.ro public platform, Doros promised. At the moment, only local taxes can be paid via Ghiseul.ro, but ANAF will connect its system to this online platform in the following months.

The tax agency also plans to purchase an integrated fiscal administration system in November this year.

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