Romanians get 4bn fiscal receipts a year for food and detergents

In Romania at least 4 billion fiscal receipts are issued in hypermarkets, supermarkets, discount stores, and convenience stores alone, according to a ZF estimate based on the number of customers that go in such stores daily.
Last year there were over 53,000 supermarkets, hypermarkets, cash & carry stores, discount stores, convenience stores, and petrol station stores, according to a FMCG survey conducted by MEMRB market research company. Premier Emil Boc's announcement that incentives would be granted to Romanians who hang on to their fiscal receipts - a measure meant to reduce fiscal evasion - has generated a series of reactions among consultants and merchants, who say the measure will not have the anticipated result. The draft law being prepared by the Finance Ministry could be enforced in the last three months of the year or at the beginning of next year.
"Such a measure is very difficult to enforce and I don't think it will be possible to implement it. Cracking down on fiscal evasion has never, nor will it ever be the task of consumers. The authorities are the ones that could take a set of measures to combat fiscal evasion, such as implementing IT systems," says Marius Stăncescu, president of financial and business consulting company Riff Holding international.