National Centre of Financial Information, which will gather tax databases, is established

The National Centre of Financial Information „will be established by 1 September 2017 within the central office of the Ministry of Public Finance, by merging all the structures in the ministry and the subordinated institutions with responsibilities in the IT&C field (structures of MFP, ANAF – central office and regional directions, the National Agency for Public Procurement and the National Prognosis Commission)”, with the support of the Special Telecommunications Service, according to a press release issued by the Government.

The project will run based on the following plan of measures:

Between 2017 and 2018, the action plan includes:

• Designate and consider the IT system of MFP as a critical infrastructure of national interest;
• Create a unitary development strategy and keep the IT system of MFP in operation;
• Establish the resources needed and allocate the necessary funds to the maintenance services and phased renewal of the hardware and software infrastructure of the MFP’s IT system.
• Hire IT&C specialists at the central and local level and implement several ongoing projects (electronic invoice, centralization of the management system for budget receivables, etc.).

Between 2018 and 2020:

• Implementation of the project for interconnecting the cash registers
• Centralizing the State Treasury’s IT system and diversifying the services offered
• Implementing measures to simplify the administrative procedures applicable to citizens

More exactly:

• Extending the utility and use of the Virtual Private Space to other central and local public institutions
• Providing citizens with information on taxable assets considered when calculating their tax obligations, collected and consolidated within the „PatrimVen” secured information system
• Providing citizens with information on tax and non-tax obligations „IMPTAX”
• Creating and operationalizing the electronic fiscal identity of the individual to facilitate the interaction with the state in terms of the financial, tax and social insurance system
• The standardization of data collection systems based on electronic forms used in relation to the citizen.

The development of complex analysis services for massive amounts of data is meant for:

• Tracking the spending of public funds, with the focus on investment and social security;
• Assessing the financial impact of legal change initiatives for revenues and expenditure;
• Risk management in the revenue collection and budget implementation