Ministry of Finance (Ukraine)
| Міністерство фінансів України | |
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| Jurisdiction | Ukraine |
| Headquarters | 12/2 Mykhailo Hrushevsky Street, Kiev |
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| Parent agency | Cabinet of Ministers |
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| Website | http://minfin.gov.ua/ |
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство фінансів України) was created in 1991 soon after Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union. For short it is known as MinFin.
It is the main body in the system of central bodies of executive power in insuring the realization of a single state financial, budgetary, taxation, and customs policies as well as the policy in the sphere of state internal financial control, issuing and conducting lotteries, development and production of holographic protective elements. It is usually abbreviated as minfin or MOF. The ministry manages its sphere of operations and is fully responsible for its development.
Aside of the main body of the agency (multiple departments) there are six other special state services subordinated to the minfin:
Note: National assay office known as State assay service was liquidated on 10 September 2014, all functions of state control over assay were transferred directly to the Ministry of Finance.
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