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Roxana Popel

Head of Tax, Romania

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP SCP
One Tower
165 Calea Floreasca
12th–14th floors
District 1
014459 Bucharest
Romania
Languages Romanian, English

Roxana Popel is a senior tax specialist and Head of Tax in CMS Romania. Roxana has 15 years’ broad experience in both Romanian and international corporate taxation, and provides tax planning and advisory services to both multinational and domestic clients in Romania and beyond.

Roxana’s expertise covers a wide range of services, from advising on bespoke cross-border structuring to drafting and negotiating tax indemnities, as well as assessing the level of tax compliance with applicable legislation, identifying tax optimisation solutions, assisting with tax audits or reviews, and the tax aspects of due diligence. She works with a large portfolio of clients across numerous industry sectors, with a particular focus on the Consumer Products and Retail, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Utilities sectors.

Prior to joining CMS, Roxana was a Tax Director at PwC in Romania. During a nine-month secondment in the PwC Sydney office in Australia she further bolstered her international tax experience. Throughout her career Roxana has been actively involved in working groups in discussions with the Romanian Ministry of Finance and recommending updates to the tax legislation in Romania. Roxana is a licensed tax advisor and member of the Romanian Chamber of Certified Tax Consultants.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Member, Romanian Chamber of Certified Tax Consultants
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Education

  • 2010 – ACCA Qualification, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • 1999 - Masters in Financial and Monetary Strategies and Policies, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
  • 1998 - Bachelor Degree in Finance, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
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20/11/2023
Romania implements a large package of tax measures
Law no. 296/2023 was published on 27 October 2023 in the Official Gazette and entered into force on 30 October 2023. Below is a summary of the most important changes.Cor­por­ate income tax1.Minimum turnover...
12/04/2023
Romania introduces tax amnesty for gift vouchers
On 27 February 2023, Romanian Law no. 43/2023 came into force, which introduced a tax amnesty regarding the reclassification of income from gift vouchers obtained by individuals from anyone other than...
11/04/2023
Romania implements tax exemptions for digital nomads
After its passage through parliament, Romania published Law no. 69/2023 on 30 March 2023 in the Official Gazette, which introduces tax exemptions for digital nomads. The legislation entered into force...
09/01/2023
Romania amends the tax law in 2023
At the end of last year, Romania introduced numerous tax amendments that entered into force on 1 January 2023. The following is a summary of the most important amendments. Government Ordinance 16/2022...
06/12/2021
Climate change taxation reforms and incentives in Romania
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10/03/2021
Romanian government amends Tax Code and Accounting Law
On 26 February 2021, Romania published Emergency Ordinance no. 13/2021 for the amendment and completion of the Tax Code and of the Accounting Law (GEO 13/2021) in the Official Gazette. The main amendments...
03/03/2021
Tax debt restructuring and cancellation of accessory tax liabilities still...
Debt restructuring measures and the possibility to cancel accessory tax liabilities are still available to Romanian taxpayers, but in order to be eligible taxpayers must notify tax authority by 31 March...
02/02/2021
The new VAT scheme for e‑commerce
The CMS TAX group is pleased to launch the guide on VAT e-commerce This guide covers the VAT e-commerce package, which was first approved in 2017 (Directive 2017 / 2455) and added to in 2019 (Directive...
22/12/2020
Romania amends Fiscal Procedure Code and its high court rules on statute...
On 18 December 2020, the Romanian President promulgated an amendment on the law on fiscal procedures and in the Official Gazette it was published a High Court of Cassation and Justice ruling on the five-year...
22/12/2020
Romania amends Tax Code for 2021
On 21 December 2020, Law no. 296/2020 for the amendment and completion of the Tax Code was published in the Official Gazette, which includes the following main measures: Definitions and general provisions...
17/11/2020
Romania brings new amendments to the Fiscal Code
Romania has introduced two amendments to its Fiscal Code with the passage of Law no. 239/2020, which was published on 6 November 2020 and entered into force on 9 November 2020, and Law no. 248/2020, which...
17/11/2020
Landmark ECJ ruling on a Romanian case involving deduction of VAT on abandoned...
On 12 November, the ECJ issued its decision in case C-734/19 ITH Comercial Timisoara SRL (ITH) involving the input VAT recovery for goods and services no longer used by the taxpayer (i.e. pertaining to...