EIRP Proceedings, Vol 5 (2010)

Abstract

One of the problems yet to be solved in a satisfactorily manner in Romania is the decentralisation of the public administration. In general, by decentralisation we understand the separation of the central decision from the local (or regional) decision based on the principle of subsidiarity. In our opinion, The National Agency for Fiscal Administration should function, in a decentralised manner, meaning outside of the Ministry of Public Finances. In support of this statement we will present two modules or arguments: a) we will first debate on the matter of public administration decentralisation; b) second, we will debate in favour of the institutional separation of ANAF from the Ministry of Public Finances. Objectives: Implementation of concrete desire for decentralization of public administration; Identification of conceptual distinctions, structural and functional development of tax policy and administration of fiscal policy. Prior work: Assessment of net tax burden; Phillips curve assessment for Romania;  Automatic fiscal stabilizers;  Sustainability of fiscal policy. Approach: Logical analysis of the concepts involved in the study; highlighting the distinctions of semantic and pragmatic nature of the concepts involved in the study. Results: decisive arguments concerning the desirability of the structural separation of the fiscal policy from the fiscal administration. Implications: providing arguments for a separation of fiscal policy decision to tax administration; a collection efficiency of budgetary obligations.  Potential beneficiaries: The Ministry of Finance; the National Agency for Fiscal Administration; the Government of Romania; the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration. Value: Contributions from  conceptual nature: semantic separation of fiscal policy from tax administration; from methodological nature: demonstrating scientific research force of un application logic analysis method; from empirical nature: demonstrating the need, possibility, effectiveness and appropriateness of the structural separation of fiscal policy from tax administration.  Originality from the research methodology: the use of logical method.