Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions following a meeting with online entrepreneurs and representatives of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) on March 27, 2015.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin, who briefed the President on the work of the tax authorities in the first quarter of 2015 and on measures to tackle offshore tax evasion.

The Head of the Federal Taxation Service briefed the President on the tax authorities performance in the first eight months of 2014.

Mr Mishustin briefed Vladimir Putin on the Service’s performance results for January-May 2014.

Mr Mishustin briefed Vladimir Putin on the results of the Taxation Service’s work in 2013.

The head of the Federal Taxation Service (FTS) briefed the President on the outcomes of tax agencies’ work in the first half of 2013.

Mikhail Mishustin briefed the President on the Service’s performance in 2012.

Vladimir Putin also congratulated all the employees of tax authorities on their professional holiday.

On the eve of holding in Moscow a meeting of the Bureau of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum on tax administration, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with participants in the event representing foreign tax administrations.

Mikhail Mishustin briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the tax authorities’ performance in 2011. Other issues discussed included the development of pre-trial dispute settlement.