State Fiscal Service (Ukraine)

State Fiscal Service
of Ukraine
Державна фіскальна служба України
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters Lvivska square, 8, Kyiv
Agency executive
Parent agency Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
Website sfs.gov.ua

State Fiscal Service (SFS) is a government agency of Ukraine that in 2014 replaced the Ministry of Revenues and Duties. The former ministry was created back in 2012 by the Second Azarov Government by united the State Tax Service and the State Customs Service.

Human resource

Senior Executives

The SFS is headed by the Head of State Fiscal Service. There are two deputies of the Head of State Fiscal Service. Both Head of SFS and deputies are appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister of Ukraine with the consent of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Staff

According to the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Nº178 from June 11, 2014 boundary number of employees was 56,640 people. The central office consisted of 2,186 employees. At the end of the 2015 year 345 employees of the administrative board were dismissed according to the Law of Ukraine "On cleaning power". Within the framework of human resources reform the staff of the SFS was reduced by 30% pursuant to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers. Boundary number of employees was reduced to 41,178 people. The central office consists of the 1,530 employees.

Main duties

The key responsibilities: the state tax policy, the customs policy, the public policy of the administration of the single social payment, the fight against tax and customs crimes.

International Relations

In 2014 SFS signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the EBA and the American Chamber of Commerce. 2015-2016 SFS intensified the exchange of pre-arrival information with the customs bodies of other states within the framework of projects as the Twinning and the PRINEX.

SFS signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the World Customs Organization regarding the establishment of the World Customs Organization Regional Dog Training Centre in Khmelnitskyi city. SFS and the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan signed the Protocol on interaction between the agencies in the fight against customs offenses related to the movement of goods by air. At the 20th General Assembly of the Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA), which was held in Romania, the SFS was elected as President of IOTA for 2016/2017. Thus the 21st General Assembly of IOTA will take place in Ukraine.

Deliverables

Establishment of Tax ombudsman Office. Implementation of wide range of e-services: taxpayer’s cabinet, e-VAT administration, e-excise on petrol administration, e-queue for customs clearance, automatic system of customs risk management, etc. Unification all regulatory authorities and customs offices into the electronic system “Single Window”.

References

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