Federal Taxation Service
The Federal Taxation Service () or shortly FNS () is a federal body of executive authority responsible for carrying out state registration of legal entities and natural persons as individual entrepreneurs and farmsteads. Formed on March 19, 2004, after the dissolution of the Ministry for Taxes and Levies. It is also a federal body of executive authority responsible for ensuring the presentation of claims for mandatory payments in bankruptcy cases and bankruptcy procedures, as well as the Russian Federation's claims under monetary obligations. The Service's HQ is located in 23 Neglinnaya Street, Moscow. Daniil Yegorov is the  current director of the Federal Taxation Service. History. The service was formed in 1991 as The State Taxes Service (Госналогслужба РФ). In December 1998 it was elevated to the rank of Ministry for Tax and Revenue of Russia. In 2004 the Ministry was reorganized as the Federal Tax Service. Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation existed alongside the Tax Service from 1991 to June 2003, whose functions were split between the new Federal Tax Service and the Taxes Crimes Department of MVD (Управление по налоговым преступлениям МВД). Functions and missions. The Federal Taxation Service has the following functions