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Ministry of Revenues and Duties
Міністерство доходів і зборів
(2012-2014, dissolved)
Coat of arms of Ukraine
Agency overview
Formed24 December 2012
Preceding agency
  • State Tax Service and the State Customs Service
Dissolved27 May 2014
Jurisdiction Ukraine
HeadquartersKyiv
Parent agencyCabinet of Ministers

The Ministry of Revenues and Duties (Ukrainian: 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 Yanukovych and it merged the country's State Tax Service and the State Customs Service.[1][2] Its first and only minister was Oleksandr Klymenko.[3] On 1 March 2014 the ministry was liquidated.[4] Its agencies were transferred to the Ministry of Finance.

On May 27, 2014 it was announced that the ministry will be reorganized into the State Fiscal Service and will be subordinated to the Ministry of Finances.[5]

Corruption case

Since 31 May 2014 Klymenko is wanted by the General Prosecutor of Ukraine for the creation of tax evasion procedures to significantly reducing the customs value of certain companies.[6] An alleged example of this is the setting up of non-existing firms to whittle tax obligations.[7] This and other alleged crimes are to have costed the state budget of Ukraine ₴6 billion.[6] Klymenko has denied all allegations against him and has called them "groundless".[8]

References

  1. ^ "UBR – АЛЕКСАНДР ВИКТОРОВИЧ КЛИМЕНКО – биография".
  2. ^ [1], Kyiv Post ( Dec. 24, 2012)
  3. ^ [2], Kyiv Post ( Dec. 24, 2012)
  4. ^ About liquidation of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties. Government portal. March 1, 2014
  5. ^ Yatsenyuk left the Arbuov's child, but renamed it into the State Fiscal Service. Espreso.tv. 27 May 2014
  6. ^ a b (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  7. ^ AP IMPACT: Wide scale Ukrainian scam intercepted billions in taxes using fake companies, Fox News (June 10, 2014)
  8. ^ AP IMPACT: Wide scale Ukrainian scam intercepted billions in taxes using fake companies, Fox News (June 10, 2014)