Tax Refunds for Moldovan & Romanian Migrants – ARA & TAXONEST Initiative

Chișinău, Moldova — This week marks a historic step in protecting the rights and financial wellbeing of Moldovan and Romanian citizens working abroad. The Association of Recruitment Agencies of Moldova (ARA), through its member TAXONEST has signed a long-term strategic partnership with Europe’s leading tax recovery firm, Neotax.eu.

This partnership now gives over one million Moldovan and Romanian workers across 15+ European countries, the UK, USA, and Canada, the opportunity to recover their legally entitled tax refunds, child benefits, and pension contributions — safely, quickly, and without upfront costs.

A Game-Changer in Labor Mobility and Candidate Care

This project is not just about paperwork — it’s about changing lives. Every year, Moldovan and Romanian citizens who work legally in countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, UK, and others leave behind unclaimed money from income taxes, overpaid contributions, or family benefits.

Now, thanks to this ARA-backed initiative, these funds will no longer be lost. With TAXONEST, migrant workers benefit from:

  • No upfront payments — commission is only due after refund is received
  • End-to-end representation with foreign tax authorities
  • Assistance in obtaining tax documents (e.g., Lohnsteuerbescheinigung, Jaaropgaaf, etc.)
  • Multilingual support, local expertise, and zero bureaucracy for the worker
  • Average tax refund of €1,500/year



How ARA Guarantees Legal Access to Tax Recovery

The key innovation of this partnership lies in ARA’s full integration of the tax recovery process into its recruitment and onboarding system.

Every candidate recruited by ARA for work abroad now signs all necessary powers of attorney and fiscal documents before departure, enabling TAXONEST to:

  • Represent them directly in front of foreign tax authorities
  • Communicate with foreign employers and revenue agencies
  • Automatically begin the refund process at the end of the fiscal year

This solves the biggest barrier in tax recovery: the need for post-departure authorization, which most workers forget or delay. With ARA, this process is now automated, efficient, and secure.



What Makes This a Unique Competitive Advantage

While many tax processors exist, only TAXONEST, in partnership with ARA, offers this embedded pre-departure authorization model, integrated into the recruitment process in Moldova.

This gives our partner agencies and employers a double advantage:

  1. Workers are happier — because they receive up to €1,500+ per year in returned taxes, directly to their bank accounts.
  2. ARA is more attractive to candidates — because we take care of their future, not just their present.

Looking to Hire Skilled, Compliant Workers from Moldova or Romania?

At ARA, we do more than recruit. We protect. We support. We care.

We offer:

  • Legal recruitment of workers with Romanian and Moldovan passports
  • Candidates pre-vetted, documented, and supported for work in the EU, UK, and beyond
  • Full-cycle solutions: from recruitment to onboarding, transportation, and now tax recovery

Submit your staffing request today and benefit from our complete worker care package!



We proudly thank the entire team at TAXONEST for their dedication and professionalism. Together, we build not only recruitment pipelines, but long-term trust and real financial impact for every worker who places their future in our hands.