1 Dec 2009 14:56

FNS expects to exceed tax collection plan for 2009

MOSCOW. Dec 1 (Interfax) - The Federal Tax Service (FNS) expects to levy more taxes than planned this year, FNS head Mikhail Mokretsov has announced.

FNS fulfilled the Law on the Federal Budget 95% as of November 1, Mokretsov told President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday.

"We will definitely exceed the revenue we are due to provide to the budget in the remaining two months - by some 360 billion rubles," he said.

"This is 14% more than the figure laid down in the federal budget," he added.