Federal Customs Service (FCS)

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The Federal Customs Service (ФТС) of Russia is involved in customs enforcement and tax collection activities, including disputes over additional charges for vehicle imports from EAEU countries. The service has been accused by some lawyers of initiating mass additional tax payments based on insufficient evidence, leading to legal scrutiny. It also handles anti-fraud initiatives involving imported devices and combats smuggling operations, such as drug trafficking and illegal coin imports. The FTS has issued clarifications regarding the imposition of utilization fees on vehicles imported from EA…

Recent coverage

• Authorities plan to strengthen control over clothing and footwear imports — Вести
• FTC denies additional levies on vehicle usage tax for drivers — Ведомости
• List of changes for car owners from mid-year named — Вести
• FTS explains who, how, and why additional excise duties are being levied on cars from the EAEU — Вечерняя Москва
• Telecom operators and the Federal Customs Service will automatically transmit IMEI data to a new database — Интерфакс
• Who Faces Additional Charges for Waste Collection for Imported Old Cars: Expert Explains — Вечерняя Москва
• Customs officers found 19 coins of the Russian Empire in a passenger's suitcase at Domodedovo — Москва 24
• Customs officers seized more than 900 ferret skins from a foreigner at Sheremetyevo Airport — Москва 24
• Customs officials intercepted a hashish smuggling channel from Belarus to Russia — Москва 24
• Customs officers at Vnukovo Airport seized a foreigner's deer antlers and skulls — Москва 24