The International Monetary Fund developed recommendations regarding the reform of the State Fiscal Service, according to the press office of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, EP reports.

As the Ministry of Finance reports, it is planned to reorganize SFS into a single legal entity, to update the staff employee composition of the agency and reduce it as well as automate the process of tax administration. The new SFS’s composition should be more professional, better-paid and non-corrupt.

The International Monetary Fund noted the progress in reforms, in particular, regarding VAT refund, however the corruption impedes the complex reform, according to the statement of the Ministry of Finance.

Reportedly, the Ministry of Finance and SFS started the project of complex reforming of SFS. The main objective is to reduce the corruption level and transform SFS into a special service agency.

The project’s three-level structure has the supervisory board at the first level, the composition of which includes the representatives of Western governmental structures, international organizations and funds, namely: U.S. Treasury, IMF, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the Department of Finance of Canada, the Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, EU representatives. The supervisory board coordinates the project.

The second level includes the Management Committee, which is composed of the Minister of Finance and Secretary of State, SFS Head with his deputy and project manager. The committee should define priority tasks and decide outstanding issues.

The third level includes the group of implementation of reforms in the composition of the Ministry of Finance, SFS, IMF, the reform support team within the Ministry of Finance and SFS, international consultants. It should work on the practical implementation of reforms.