Tax and Customs Service ( pl, Służba Celno-Skarbowa) is the
customs service
Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out of a country. Traditionally, customs ...
of the
Republic of Poland
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and is the
uniformed and armed
law enforcement agency
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Jurisdiction
LEAs which have their ability to apply their powers restricted in some way are said to operate within a jurisdiction.
LEAs ...
component within the
National Revenue Administration (), operating its own
tactical units, subordinate to the Polish
Ministry of Finance. In its current form, it was established in 2017 by merging the pre-existing Polish Customs Service, created in 1999 from the reformed Central Customs Office () until 1953 known as Central Board of Customs (), with the fiscal control (and intelligence) service, and incorporating it together with the tax administration into the newly established KAS umbrella structure. It is responsible for assessing and collecting customs duties and excise, exercising customs control, primarily at the Poland's borders, the entire tax intelligence, targeted fiscal inspections, supervision of legal and combatting illegal
gambling, as well as exercising tasks related to tax, customs and illegal gambling investigations (directed by a public prosecutor) in criminal cases, including tactical operations.
Ranks and rank insignia
The Polish government decided in 2009 that the customs service rank structure would be adapted to the rank structure of the
Police and
Border Guard
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Central Board of Customs executives
* 1 January 1946 – 30 September 1947
Kazimierz Siewierski
* 1 October 1947 – 30 June 1952 Zygmunt Czyżewski
* 1 July 1952 – 15 December 1953
Witold Tryuk (acting)
Central Customs Office executives
* 16 December 1953 – 31 August 1969
Józef Konarzewski
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* 1 September 1969 – 31 January 1972
Tomasz Antoniewicz Tomasz is a Polish language, Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas (given_name), Thomas in English language, English.
Notable people with the given name include:
*Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer
*Tomasz Arciszewski (1877&n ...
* 1 February 1972 – 15 November 1977 Jarosław Nowicki
* 16 November 1977 – 29 February 1980
Eugeniusz Dostojewski
* 1 March 1980 – 30 April 1985
Kazimierz Prośniak
* 15 August 1985 – 31 January 1990
Jerzy Ćwiek
* 1 February 1990 – 21 February 1991
Tomasz Bartoszewicz
* 22 February 1991 – 24 March 1991 Krzysztof Hordyński (acting)
* 25 March 1991 – 20 August 1993
Mirosław Zieliński
* 23 August 1993 – 11 December 1993 Mariusz Jakubowski (acting)
* 11 December 1993 – 16 March 1995
Ireneusz Sekuła
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Biograph ...
* 16 March 1995 – 29 June 1995 Lech Kacperski (acting)
* 30 June 1995 – 30 June 1997
Mieczysław Nogaj
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This name may refer to:
...
* 30 June 1997 – 7 January 1998 Tomasz Cecelski (acting)
* 7 January 1998 – 12 May 1999
Janusz Paczocha Janusz () is a masculine Polish given name.
It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius.
People
*Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter
*Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician
*Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic pries ...
* 13 May 1999 – 5 December 2001
Zbigniew Bujak
* 5 December 2001 – 30 April 2002
Tomasz Michalak Tomasz is a Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas in English.
Notable people with the given name include:
*Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer
*Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955), Polish socialist politician and Prime Minist ...
Customs Service executives
* 1 May 2002 – 17 January 2003
Tomasz Michalak Tomasz is a Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas in English.
Notable people with the given name include:
*Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer
*Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955), Polish socialist politician and Prime Minist ...
* 17 January 2003 – 23 February 2004
Robert Kwaśniak
* 24 February 2004 – 28 November 2005
Wiesław Czyżowicz
* 28 November 2005 – 2 January 2008
Marian Banaś
Marian Banaś (born 13 July 1955) is a Polish politician and civil servant. He served twice as Chief Executive of the Customs Service from 2005 to 2008 and 2015 to 2017. He briefly served in politics as the Minister of Finance for the First Ca ...
* 3 January 2008 – 1 February 2008
Jacek Dominik
* 1 February 2008 – 19 November 2015
Jacek Kapica
* 19 November 2015 – 28 February 2017
Marian Banaś
Marian Banaś (born 13 July 1955) is a Polish politician and civil servant. He served twice as Chief Executive of the Customs Service from 2005 to 2008 and 2015 to 2017. He briefly served in politics as the Minister of Finance for the First Ca ...
National Revenue Administration executives
* 1 March 2017 – 4 June 2019
Marian Banaś
Marian Banaś (born 13 July 1955) is a Polish politician and civil servant. He served twice as Chief Executive of the Customs Service from 2005 to 2008 and 2015 to 2017. He briefly served in politics as the Minister of Finance for the First Ca ...
* 4 June 2019 – 12 June 2019
Paweł Cybulski (acting)
* 12 June 2019 – 2 March 2020 Piotr Walczak
* 3 March 2020 – 26 April 2022
Magdalena Rzeczkowska
* 12 May 2022 – present
Bartosz Zbaraszczuk
Bartosz is a Polish given name and a surname derived from Bartłomiej, the Polish cognate of Bartholomew.
People with the given name
* Bartosz Beda, Polish contemporary artist
* Bartosz Bereszyński (born 1992), Polish footballer
* Bartosz B ...
References
External links
Służba Celna(homepage)
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English version
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