Putin handed over the Ministry of Finance control over alcohol and customs – RBC

Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over the leadership of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) and the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation (Rosalkogolregulirovanie) Ministry of Finance. Before that, the two agencies directly subordinate to the Russian government. The corresponding decree was signed by the president, published on the Kremlin website. It says that in the conduct of the Ministry of Finance are now not only the Federal Tax Service, Federal Service of Financial and Budgetary Oversight (Rosfinnadzor) and Federal Treasury, and the Federal Customs Service and Rosalkogolregulirovanie.

Transmission of the FCS and Rosalkogolregulirovaniya under the control of the Ministry of Finance does not mean that their leaders will lose their jobs, said RBC source familiar with the situation. In particular, the source said that the head of the Federal Customs Service Andrei Belyaninov not lose his post, and continue to lead the FCS (last September, a source close to the FCS, and officials of financial and economic bloc told that the government and the Kremlin discussed resignation Belianinov). Rosalkogolregulirovaniya representative declined to comment.

For the purpose of transferring functions of the Ministry of Finance on regulation of customs and turnover of alcohol products labeled “optimize the structure of the federal bodies of executive power.” In December 2015, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announces the start of the integration of information systems of the Federal Tax Service, Federal Customs Service and Rosalkogolregulirovaniya in order to be able to “mobilize those revenues, which today we [the Finance Ministry] do not see.” Earlier, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that the change in the administration system of compulsory payments, including non-tax, contains a large reserve to generate additional revenue, and pointed out that it would be changed and the system will work in the market turnover alcohol function Rosalkogolregulirovaniya can be reallocated .

Last year, sources RBC in the government told us that in the reform of the control and surveillance activities on the principle of “one risk – one inspector” function Rosalkogolregulirovaniya related to quality control of ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverages, may be transferred Rospotrebnadzor and the functions associated with the products, taking into account – in the Federal Tax Service.

On the creation of a single mechanism for the administration of tax and non-tax payments, Vladimir Putin said in December in the Address to the Federal Assembly, and then ordered the government to develop proposals by May 2016. The President pointed out that because of the gray schemes on payment of customs duties, excise taxes on alcoholic beverages, tobacco and fuels and lubricants budget loses hundreds of billions of rubles every year, calling it “outright theft».

Creating a unified system Administration fiscal payments Putin discussed today with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Prime Minister said that “within the system of the Ministry of Finance” for the general methodical management, administration and tax collection will continue to respond to the Federal Tax Service, and “at the same methodical rails” will be transferred to the TCF and Rosalkogolregulirovanie. Moreover, Medvedev has proposed to transfer to the same system of pension payments and payments under social funds to their administration led the Federal Tax Service.

In the second decree signed today, the president said that before May 1, 2016 the government should to prepare the transfer of administration functions of insurance premiums paid to non-budgetary funds (Pension Fund, and FFOMS FSS), the jurisdiction “of the authorized federal executive body.” Sources RBC government believes that most likely, it will be the Federal Tax Service, but do not rule out that such a right is separated for an FIU.

Back in June 2013. President suggested to the Government to determine the feasibility of the transfer of administration functions of insurance payments extra-budgetary funds of the Federal Tax Service. The draft “Guidelines for the budgetary policy of the Russian Federation in the years 2015-2017″ provided that the issue should have been addressed in 2014- 2015 year, but the decision was taken. In February 2015, a similar initiative were the deputies of the Duma committee for budget and taxes. On the possibility of the transfer of administration of insurance payments under the jurisdiction of the Federal Tax Service also reported by the media.