State Fiscal Service ( uk, Державна фіскальна служба) or SFS ( uk, ДФС) is a government agency of
Ukraine that in 2014 replaced the
Ministry of Revenues and Duties
The Ministry of Revenues and Duties ( uk, Міністерство доходів і зборів України) was a government ministry of Ukraine.
The ministry was created on 24 December 2012 by a Decree of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanu ...
. The former ministry was created back in 2012 by the
Second Azarov Government through merging the State Tax Service and the State Customs Service.
The SFS logo
The emblem of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine is an image of a silver
hryvnia (UAH) with cut off part, which rests on the bowl lever scales, symbolizing a fair, measured levying taxes.
In the middle of the logo is small State Emblem of Ukraine, placed on the scales integrated - the symbol of trade and economy.
The emblem is in the middle of a round blue shield with gold border, symbolizing the protection of state interests.
History of SFS
Ministry of Revenues and Duties
The Ministry of Revenues and Duties ( uk, Міністерство доходів і зборів України) was a government ministry of Ukraine.
The ministry was created on 24 December 2012 by a Decree of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanu ...
of Ukraine was established by the Azarov Government 24 December 2012 bringing together the State Tax Service of Ukraine and State Customs Service of Ukraine.
The head of the Ministry was Oleksandr Klymenko, who left Ukraine (escaped) after Yanukovych team lost its power in the beginning of 2014. Now, he's put on the wanted list on charges of corruption.
After winning
Eurorevolutuion and
Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhno ...
new government declared a desire to destroy the old corruption schemes. March 1, 2014 Ministry of income and charges was abolished. The State Tax Ministry and the State Customs Service were renewed and subordinated to the
Ministry of Finance (Ukraine)
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство фінансів України) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government charged with developing and implementing national financial and budget policies, and with defining na ...
.
May 27, 2014 at the meeting of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...
the decision was taken: Ministry of Revenues and Duties is to be renamed into the State Fiscal Service and be subordinated the Ministry of Finance. 21 May 2014 the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine was formed.
Establishing of SFS
On May 21, 2014 there was adopted a statement about the State Fiscal Service. The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine was determined as the central body of executive power with activity directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and implements:
# state tax policy,
# State policy in the sphere of state customs,
# State policy on administration of united contribution to the obligatory state social insurance (united social contribution),
# State policy in a sphere of fighting violations while implementing tax and customs legislation.
SFS has the authority directly and through the created regional offices. There are units of the tax police in the SFS and its regional bodies.
To agree to resolve issues within the competence of SFS and discussing areas of activity the SFS-board can be formed.
SFS is a legal entity, has a seal with the State Emblem of Ukraine, custom forms, accounts in the Treasury.
State Fiscal Service, as expected, combining the powers of tax authorities, customs and financial police. It entered into conflict with previous intentions of the Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, under whose leadership a political decision to restore the function separated by tax and customs services was taken.
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
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...
.
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
The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is the largest lobbying group in the United States, representing over three million businesses and organizations. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging ...
.
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
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The WCO works on customs-related matters including the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics suc ...
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 Organisation of Tax Administrations
The Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA), is a non-profit intergovernmental organisation, which provides a forum to assist members in European countries to improve their fiscal functionality. The IOTA headquarters are located ...
(IOTA), which was held in Romania, the Head of SFS of Ukraine
Roman Nasirov 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”.
Results of the SFS's work in 2016: revenues to the budgets of all levels increased by $6 billion in 2016
Chair persons
State Tax Service
;Chief of State Tax Inspection (Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine)
* 1990 - 1992 Vitaliy Ilyin
* 1992 - 1993 Viktor Tenyuk
* 1993 - 1996 Vitaliy Ilyin
;Chair person of State Tax Administration
* 1996 - 2002
Mykola Azarov
Mykola Yanovych Azarov ( uk, Мико́ла Я́нович Аза́ров, ; né Pakhlo; Cyrillic: Пахло; born 17 December 1947) is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014. He was ...
* 2002 - 2004
Yuriy Kravchenko
Yuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko ( uk, Юрій Федорович Кравченко; March 5, 1951 – March 4, 2005) was a Ukrainian General of Internal Service and statesman, serving as the country's Minister of Internal Affairs (1995—2001). ...
* 2004 - 2005
Fedir Yaroshenko
* 2005 - 2006
Oleksandr Kireyev
* 2006 - 2007
Anatoliy Brezvin
* 2007 - 2010
Serhiy Buryak
* 2010 - 2010 ''
Viktor Sheibut'' (acting)
* 2010 - 2010
Oleksandr Papayika
;Chair person of State Tax Service
* 2010 - 2011
Vitaliy Zakharchenko
Vitaliy Yuriyovych Zakharchenko ( uk, Віталій Юрійович Захарченко, Russian: Виталий Юрьевич Захарченко, born 20 January 1963) is a Ukrainian and Russian politician who is a senior consultant at R ...
* 2011 - 2012
Oleksandr Klymenko
State Customs Service
;Chairperson of State Custom Committee
* 1991 - 1993 Oleksiy Koval
* 1993 - 1994 Anatoliy Kolos
* 1994 - 1994 ''Eduard Miroshnichenko'' (acting)
* 1994 - 1995
Yuriy Kravchenko
Yuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko ( uk, Юрій Федорович Кравченко; March 5, 1951 – March 4, 2005) was a Ukrainian General of Internal Service and statesman, serving as the country's Minister of Internal Affairs (1995—2001). ...
* 1995 - 1996
Leonid Derkach
;Chairperson of State Customs Service
* 1996 - 1998
Leonid Derkach
* 1998 - 2001
Yuriy Solovkov
* 2001 - 2005
Mykola Kalensky
* 2005 - 2005
* 2005 - 2007
* 2007 - 2009
Valeriy Khoroshkovsky
Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovsky ( uk, Валерій Іванович Хорошковський, born 1 January 1969 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian businessman, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine, former Minister of Finance, and former Fir ...
* 2009 - 2010
* 2010 - 2012
Ihor Kalietnik
Ministry of Revenues and Duties
* 2012 - 2014
Oleksandr Klymenko
State Fiscal Service
* 2014 - 2016
Ihor Bilous
* 2016–present
Roman Nasirov (Nasirov was suspend on 3 March 2017 pending an embezzlement investigation
)
* 2017 - 2018
Myroslav Prodan (
acting
Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.
Acting involves a broad ra ...
)
* 2018 - 2019
Oleksandr Vlasov (Although December 2018 court decision reinstated Nasirov in his function, Vlasov remained the head of the organisation
[The DFS says Nasiriyah came, but he did not become a leader]
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrain ...
(27 December 2018))
* 2019 – 2020
Serhii Verlanov[Cabinet dismissed Nefyodov and Verlanov]
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrain ...
(April 24, 2020)
* 2020
Oleksiy Liubchenko[Ukraine's Cabinet appoints new tax chief](_blank)
UNIAN (29 April 2020)
* 2020 - present
Vadym Melnyk
Vadym Melnyk ( uk, Мельник Вадим Васильевич; born 16 May 1980, Nemovychi, Ukraine) is a retired professional Ukrainian football defender who played for FC Desna Chernihiv.
Career Veres Rivne
In 1997 he moved to Veres Ri ...
[At a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, Vadym Melnyk was appointed head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine]
Ukrinform
The National News Agency of Ukraine ( uk, Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform ( uk, Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of ...
(21 December 2020)
Reorganization
In December 2018, Ukraine pledged to
he IMFto consolidate the State fiscal service into two separate legal entities by the end of April 2019: the Tax service and the Customs service, both of which should report to the Minister of Finance.
On 18 December 2018, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution on the reorganization of the State fiscal service by dividing it into the State tax and State customs services. The draft resolution provides for the division of the DFS into'State tax service '(which will include the tax police units) and' State customs service ' as separate Central Executive bodies. The Cabinet of Ministers will direct and coordinate the activities of these services through the Minister of Finance of Ukraine.
On 6 March 2019 the
Cabinet of Ministers
A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries. The function of a cabinet varies: in some countrie ...
approved the regulation on tax and customs service.
On 3 October 2020 the (new) State Tax Service formed its territorial subdivisions.
[An important step in fulfilling the task of the IMF: the territorial bodies of the State Tax Service have been formed]
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrain ...
(3 October 2020) The same day the organisation claimed "the final steps to ensure its functioning" would be taken "by the end of the year."
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ukraine
2014 establishments in Ukraine
Revenue services
Customs services
Government agencies established in 2014
Government finances in Ukraine
Law enforcement agencies of Ukraine