ANAF digitalization changes the role of accountants and accelerates technology investments. Soft Net Consulting: “Taxation becomes real-time, and companies must adapt quickly.”

ANAF’s accelerated digitalization process is fundamentally changing the way Romanian companies manage their economic and financial operations. The new electronic tax systems, together with ANAF’s medium-term strategy, are pushing the business environment towards urgent investments in digitalization, the integration of IT systems and the adoption of automation technologies.

Soft Net Consulting believes that the role of accountants is radically transforming: from document processors to guarantors of the quality, coherence and relevance of data in companies’ IT systems. In this context, the company recommends that entrepreneurs accelerate investments in technology and the digitalization of businesses.

ANAF – A three-step digital strategy that changes the rules of the game

ANAF’s strategy for the period 2025–2028 is built on three essential pillars, which aim to modernize and streamline fiscal activity. The first pillar aims at systematic data collection through the implementation of innovative technologies, such as e-Invoice, e-Transport, e-Cash Registers, SAF-T and the future REGES digital system. These tools allow for a fast, accurate and digitized collection of information, creating a solid foundation for tax administration.

The second pillar focuses on consolidating and validating data in a centralized manner. The most advanced system in this regard is the RO e-TVA Pre-Filled Return, which allows for real-time verification of tax coherence. This is an essential tool for ensuring the correctness and transparency of tax processes.

Finally, the third pillar emphasizes the use of advanced risk analysis algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. These technologies are able to quickly identify suspicious transactions, carousel fraud and any inconsistencies in tax reporting, thus facilitating the prevention and fight against fraud.

Through this architecture, ANAF becomes a Big Data player that analyzes millions of transactions in real time and automatically generates tax risk indicators.

Companies are feeling the pressure of digitalization: new obligations, new risks, new responsibilities

Accounting departments are going through one of the most intense periods of transformation in the last decade. The volume of data is growing exponentially, reporting is becoming almost instantaneous, and fiscal responsibility is no longer an “after-the-fact” exercise, but an ongoing process.

The first major challenge is data synchronization. The information in the ERP must correspond perfectly with that centralized by ANAF in SPV, e-Invoice or SAF-T. Any discrepancy, even minimal, can turn the e-VAT return into a risk signal. At the same time, accountants are forced to manage a huge volume of repetitive activities: downloads, manual checks, comparisons between PDF and XML, validations at the document level.

At a systemic level, ANAF algorithms immediately penalize inconsistencies, and companies operating on old applications or fragmented processes encounter major difficulties in maintaining data coherence. Digitalization thus becomes the only solution to remain compliant, efficient and ready for real-time taxation.

The accountant becomes a data quality manager

“We hear more and more often from our clients the expression ‘the accountant is the state’s man in the company’. In reality, the accountant’s role is completely different: he is the messenger and, often, the shield between the entrepreneur and the state. As a company becomes more profitable, the feeling inevitably arises that ANAF is the invisible partner who collects its share first. This perception is also fueled by the fact that ANAF today has a solid digital strategy, and tools such as e-Invoice, e-Transport, e-Cash Registers, SAF-T or, soon, REGES digital, are completely changing the way we work. Companies need to keep up with the accelerated pace of digitalization”, says Dorin Andreica, Managing Partner Soft Net Consulting.

To cope with this reality, Romanian companies need consistent investments in digital solutions for managing financial operations and business processes. The digitalization of ANAF is not just a technological change, but a paradigm shift: from declarative taxation to real-time taxation.

Soft Net Consulting is in a privileged position to understand and solve these challenges. With extensive experience in developing and implementing ERP, RPA, BI solutions and tools dedicated to Romanian taxation, the company helps companies move from reactive compliance to proactive fiscal control.