The Federal Taxation Service (russian: Федеральная налоговая служба, Federalnaya nalogovaya sluzhba) or shortly FNS (russian: ФНС) is a federal body of executive authority responsible for carrying out state registration of legal entities and natural persons as individual entrepreneurs and farmsteads. It was formed on March 19, 2004, after the dissolution of the Ministry for Taxes and Levies. It is also a federal body of executive authority responsible for ensuring the presentation of claims for mandatory payments in bankruptcy cases and bankruptcy procedures, as well as the Russian Federation's claims under monetary obligations. The Service's HQ is located in 23 Neglinnaya Street,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Daniil Yegorov Daniil Vyacheslavovich Yegorov (russian: Даниил Вячеславович Егоров) (born 7 September 1975, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian lawyer serving as Director of the Federal Taxation Service since 2020. Prior to his appointm ...

is the current director of the Federal Taxation Service.

History

The service was formed in 1991 as The State Taxes Service (Госналогслужба РФ). In December 1998 it was elevated to the rank of Ministry for Tax and Revenue of Russia. In 2004 the Ministry was reorganized as the Federal Tax Service.

Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation The Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation (In Russian: Федеральная служба налоговой полиции Российской Федерации) was subordinate to the President of Russia and was one of the power ...

existed alongside the Tax Service from 1991 to June 2003, whose functions were split between the new Federal Tax Service and the Taxes Crimes Department of

MVD The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...

(Управление по налоговым преступлениям МВД).

Functions and missions

The Federal Taxation Service has the following functions: * to control and supervise compliance with the Russian Federation's law on taxes and dues and the correctness of computation of taxes and dues and their full and timely payment to a respective budget in cases provided for by the Russian Federation; * to oversee the correct computation of other mandatory payments and their full and timely transfer to a respective budget; * to oversee the production and turnover of ethanol, alcohol, and tobacco products; * to control and supervise compliance with the Russian Federation's currency legislation within the tax agencies' jurisdiction.

Heads of service

Head of State Taxation Service

* Igor Lazarev (21 November 1991 – 5 February 1993) * Vladimir Gusev (23 April 1993 – 12 March 1996) * Vitaly Artyukhov (12 March 1996 – 14 April 1997) *

Alexander Pochinok Alexander Pochinok (russian: Алекса́ндр Почино́к; 12 January 1958 – 16 March 2014) was a Russian economist and politician. He was the minister of taxes and levies from 1999 to 2000 and minister of labor and social developmen ...

(16 April 1997 – 29 May 1998) *

Boris Fyodorov Boris Grigoryevich Fyodorov (russian: Борис Григорьевич Фёдоров) (13 February 1958 in Moscow – 20 November 2008 in London) was a Russian economist, politician, and reformer. Early life He was awarded a doctor of economi ...

(29 May – 17 August 1998) *

Georgy Boos Georgy Valentinovich Boos (russian: link=no, Георгий Валентинович Боос, born 22 January 1963) is a Russian businessman and politician who served as governor of Kaliningrad Oblast from 2005 to 2010. Early life and educatio ...

(29 September – 28 December 1998)

Minister for Tax and Levies

(28 December 1998 – 12 May 1999) *

(25 May 1999 – 7 May 2000) * Gennady Bukayev (18 May 2000 – 24 February 2004)

Directors of the Federal Taxation Service

Anatoliy Serdyukov Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov (russian: Анатолий Эдуардович Сердюков; born 8 January 1962) is a Russian politician and businessman. He was Russia's Minister of Defense from 15 February 2007 to 6 November 2012, and made ...

(27 July 2004 – 19 February 2007) *

Mikhail Mokretsov Mikhail Pavlovich Mokretsov (russian: Михаил Павлович Мокрецов) (born 9 February 1961, Udmurt ASSR) is a Russian businessman and state official who served as Director of the Federal Taxation Service from 2007 and 2010. E ...

(21 February 2007 – 6 April 2010) *

Mikhail Mishustin Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin ( rus, links=no, Михаил Владимирович Мишустин, , mixɐˈil vlɐˈdʲimʲirəvʲitɕ miˈʂusʲtʲɪn; born 3 March 1966) is a Russian politician and economist serving as the prime minist ...

(6 April 2010 – 16 January 2020) *

(since 17 January 2020)

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Government of Russia Taxation in Russia 2004 establishments in Russia