Finance Ministry loses tax legislation experts

Dragoș Doroș, general manager of the direct taxes legislation department within the Finance Ministry, has decided to resign shortly after Alexandru Nazare, secretary of state in charge of legislation left the institution.
According to market sources, Doroș received an offer from law firm Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, as he is one of the respected young professionals on the market. He was responsible for the modifications in the Fiscal Code related to the income tax, the profit tax and local taxes. The quoted sources say Livia Bădescu, director in charge of excise legislation, could also leave the ministry, as could other employees discontent with the salary cuts. A replacement has yet to be found for former secretary of state Nazare, with the Finance Ministry working with only two dignitaries of this rank, Gheorghe Gherghina, responsible for the budget, and Bogdan Drăgoi, head of Treasury. Nazare had been put in charge of fiscal policy by former minister Sebastian Vlădescu after Grațiela Iordache’s post was eliminated. At the beginning of this month, he left to the Transportation Ministry.