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Prescription of the right to report a negative VAT balance to subsequent fiscal periods

Case Number ICCJ_234970
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the appeal in the interest of the law filed by the Presiding Council of the Brașov Court of Appeal, establishing a binding unitary interpretation of the law that the right of a taxable person to report a negative VAT balance to subsequent fiscal periods is not subject to prescription. This decision resolves a dispute concerning the applicability of limitation periods to the administrative tax right of carrying forward VAT credits, with the appeal succeeding in overturning contrary lower-instance interpretations. The court grounded its ruling in a uniform interpretation of Article 1473 paragraph (6) of the Fiscal Code Law no. 571/2003 and Article 303 paragraph (7) of the Fiscal Code Law no. 227/2015, as amended, declaring the decision mandatory under Article 517 paragraph (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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art. 303 alin. (7) din Legea nr. 227/2015, art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă; Prescription of the right to report a negative VAT balance to subsequent fiscal periods: This decision resolves a dispute concerning the applicability of limitation periods to the administrative tax right of carrying forward VAT credits, with the appeal succeeding in overturning contrary lower-instance interpretations. The court grounded its ruling in a uniform interpretation of Article 1473 paragraph (6) of the Fiscal Code Law no. 571/2003 and Article 303 paragraph (7) of the Fiscal Code Law no. 227/2015, as amended, declaring the decision mandatory under Article 517 paragraph (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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fiscal law tax reporting limitation periods VAT exemption prescription negative decision

Cited Legislation

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art. 303 alin. (7) din Legea nr. 227/2015
571/2003, cu modificările și completările ulterioare, și art. 303 alin. (7) din Legea nr. 227/2015 privind Codul fiscal, cu modificările și completările ulterioare, stabilește că:
art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory nature of the decision.
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ICCJ_235045
Prescriptibility of the right to carry forward negative VAT balances to subsequent tax periods
Decizia nr. 3456/2025
VAT base adjustment for uncollectible invoices: exclusion of prescription period condition after 2017 legislative amendment and passive standing of non-issuing state authority
Decizia nr. 2591/2023
Fiscal prescription starting point and deductibility of unsigned contractual expenses under tax law
Decizia nr. 645/2014
VAT assessment for undocumented negative balance in annual declaration where underlying asset transfers were precluded by res judicata
Decizia nr. 865/2012
Taxpayer's appeal rejected: prescription runs from issuance, not communication, of tax assessment; accessory fiscal obligations upheld

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art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă

Cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory nature of the decision.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii

Minuta deciziei nr. 6 Dosar nr. 2286/1/2025

Ședința din 20 aprilie 2026

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de Colegiul de conducere al Curții de Apel Brașov și, în consecință, stabilește că:

În interpretarea și aplicarea unitară a dispozițiilor art. 1473 alin. (6) din Legea privind Codul fiscal nr. 571/2003, cu modificările și completările ulterioare, și art. 303 alin. (7) din Legea nr. 227/2015 privind Codul fiscal, cu modificările și completările ulterioare, stabilește că:

Dreptul persoanei impozabile de a reporta soldul sumei negative a TVA în decontul de TVA aferent perioadelor fiscale ulterioare nu este prescriptibil.

Obligatorie, conform art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 20 aprilie 2026.