The legislative body will speed up the procedures for adopting the bills concerning the common tax in agriculture and the method of refunding VAT. Such a commitment was made by Head of Parliament Marian Lupu in a meeting with representatives of agricultural producers. Alexandru Slusari, chairman of the National Union of Agricultural Producers Associations UniAgroProtect, has told Info-Prim Neo that the bill on the VAT is to be adopted by the end of March, while the bill on the common tax in agriculture – by the end of April. In the meeting, the representatives of agricultural producers said they believe that the common tax in agriculture will bring a number of benefits, including better fiscal administration, elimination of bureaucratic barriers, and higher revenues into the local budgets. Alexandru Slusari said the bill is in general good, but the farmers proposed several changes. At the request of Marian Lupu, they submitted their proposals to Parliament in written form. Under the second bill, the procedure for refunding the VAT put on primary agricultural production will be modified. Form 2013, the VAT will be 20%, up from 8%. But the difference of 12% will remain in the accounts of the agricultural enterprises, not transferred to the budget and then restored to the producers within 30 days, as earlier.