The national production and disabled people training combine “Bunatate” and the production and training enterprise ”Handi” will be removed from the list of organizations and enterprises of the Society of the Blind, Society of the Deaf and Society of Invalids that are exempted from VAT on the import of raw material and accessories needed in production, IPN reports, with reference to a Government decision.

The tax inspections initiated based on orders made by the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases revealed that the two enterprises do not meet the conditions for being on the given list. Since the list was compiled in 2013 until 2016, the two enterprises didn’t satisfy the condition of having at least 50% of employees from among persons with disabilities.

Therefore, the State Tax Service and the Customs Service will have legal reasons to calculate and demand that the two enterprises pay the VAT for 2013-2016. The sums rise to over 44.22 million lei for “Handi” and to 15.55 million lei for ”Bunatate”.