Taxcon

Chisinau hosted Taxcon’25 – the largest conference on taxation, where regulators, business and international experts assessed the country’s fiscal course. This year, the main topics were the harmonization of taxes and excise duties with EU legislation, digitalization of tax administration, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the automation of fiscal systems. For Moldova, which is on its way to the EU, these issues are of key importance: not only the fulfillment of European requirements, but also the ability to support economic growth depends on how the country adjusts its tax levers.

Fighting the shadow economy and reducing the VAT gap is a key goal for Moldova. This was stated at the TAXCON-2025 conference in Chisinau by Alin Marius Andrieş, professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University from Iasi and former Secretary of the Romanian Ministry of Finance.

Lessons from Romania on how to overcome the situation in which the neighboring country found itself due to a high budget deficit was one of the key topics of the VI International Conference on Taxation TAXCON 25. Particular attention was drawn to the urgent tax measures taken by Romania to address the problem, among which the most painful for the population was the increase in VAT rates by 2%.