Inspectors of the General Directorate for Anti-Fiscal Fraud within the National Agency for Fiscal Administration discovered a tax evasion scheme in the field of alternative transport, which created a damage of 266.5 million lei to the state budget, according to a press release from ANAF sent to AGERPRES on Monday.
"The fraud was generated by companies operating in the field of alternative transport (ride-sharing). Following investigations carried out during 2025, irregularities regarding income tax and non-payment of mandatory contributions related to salaries were identified. ANAF inspectors also applied minor offense sanctions for other violations found, in a total amount of approximately 4.8 million RON. They also discovered that numerous companies do not tax income correctly and conceal the payment of salary income, causing damage to the state budget," the press release states.
The tax evasion scheme found worked as follows: a shell company withheld a commission of 5-10% of the amounts received from alternative transport platforms; the difference in amount was redistributed to drivers (cash or transfer) without taxation.
To combat this phenomenon, Anti-Fraud inspectors notified the criminal investigation bodies in 90 cases. Also, 30 situations were identified in which drivers did not use fiscal cash registers and did not issue receipts, being sanctioned according to the law.
The press release recalls that the Ministry of Finance introduced this year a new legislative instrument, namely the informative declaration D397. This obliges alternative transport platforms to periodically transmit data directly to the Tax Authority, now allowing for active and real-time control. Beyond the implicit effect obtained in terms of increasing the degree of voluntary compliance, the General Directorate for Anti-Fiscal Fraud has complete data, obtained in real time for carrying out punctual tax risk analyses and targeted exclusively at cases presenting tax risk.
According to the cited source, ANAF proposes that the adopted legislative measure contribute decisively to combating undeclared and underdeclared work in the field of alternative passenger transport, but also to protect bona fide persons who work in this field and who comply with tax legislation.
At the same time, it is specified that the General Directorate for Anti-Fiscal Fraud will continue investigating the field of alternative passenger transport and will promptly investigate cases of tax evasion resulting from the risk analyses carried out, now having the possibility of carrying out rapid interventions in real time.
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