Experts say that Mikhail Mokretsov will keep to his predecessor's course, and the federal tax agency will remain to be press-averse and strictly administered.
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New Defense Minister’s Deputy Likely to Head Tax Authority
The Finance Ministry has nominated the new Defense Minister’s deputy to head the Russian tax authority. Mikhail Mokretsov has been the Tax Agency's second-ranking official in charge of VAT, excise and profit tax collection.
Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin on Friday submitted the nomination for Mikhail Mokretsov to take the helm at the Federal Tax Service to Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. Financial authorities are looking for someone to succeed Anatoly Serdyukov who went on to become Russia’s Defense Minister.
Mikhail Mokretsov, deputy chief of the tax agency, is currently in charge of VAT, excise and profit tax collection, which accounted to one half of all tax revenues of the Russian budget in 2006.
Experts say that this appointment will mean that the federal tax agency will remain to be press-averse and strictly administered. The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs says the current structure of the Federal Tax Service, with a goal to replenishing the budget at all costs, is most likely to keep the principles which worked well under Anatoly Serdyukov.
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All the Article in Russian as of Feb. 19, 2007
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