Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin - biography

Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin (this article is in Russian — Михаил Владимирович Мишустин) — Russian statesman, full state^[ru] adviser of the Russian Federation class I, head of the Russian tax service from 2010 to 2020, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation since January 16, 2020, doctor of economic Sciences^[ru]. Zodiac sign — Pisces.

Mikhail Mishustin was born on March 3, 1966 in Moscow. His father worked at Sheremetyevo airport, where he was the Secretary of the Komsomol, in the security service (later in JSC Aeromash-Aviation security, now-JSC Sheremetyevo Security), his mother - in a medical institution.

Mikhail graduated from secondary school # 7 in Lobna, almost on "excellent". He is a system engineer by education. In 1989, Mikhail Vladimirovich received higher education at the Moscow state technological University "Stankin", and then, in 1992, he also completed postgraduate studies there.

Career

Mishustin started his career at the Moscow computer club (MCC), a non — profit organization that promoted advanced high-tech technologies from all over the world in Russia^[ru] at that time. After coming here, he was quickly moved from the position of head of the test laboratory to the head of the entire club. In this status, he managed to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with such major foreign companies as Intel, Adobe, and Motorola, and for the first time to attract them to work in Russia. Here, at the ICC, he worked until 1998, when he was invited to the Federal tax service of Russia as an assistant to the head of information technology. In this position, he oversaw the operation of systems for accounting and controlling the receipt of tax revenues.

However, Mikhail Mishustin did not stay in this status for long, and just a few months later he was appointed Deputy Minister of the tax service. At that time, this position was held by Boris Grigoryevich Fedorov. Having worked here until 2004, Mikhail Vladimirovich was able to significantly improve the work of the tax service in those years, equipping it with high-quality equipment, as well as introducing a large number of innovations in its work – "one window", INN, EDS, etc. Under his leadership, all the regional offices of the Federal tax service were integrated into a single information network, and the first data processing centers (data centers) were created, which opened up new opportunities for further automation.

From here, in March 2004, Mikhail Mishustin moved to the position of head of ROSNEDVIZHIMOSTI (Federal Agency for real estate cadastre), which is part of the Ministry of economic development. Here, in just 2 years, he managed to conduct a widespread assessment of Russian lands and introduce the long-awaited land tax, which was based no longer on the normative value of land^[ru], but on the cadastral value.

Then Mikhail Vladimirovich continues to work as a civil servant and goes to the Federal Agency for the management of special economic zones, which he headed from December 2006 to February 2008. During this short period of time, he managed to open 3 technical and implementation special economic zones (in Zelenograd, Tomsk and Dubna) and 2 industrial production zones (in Lipetsk and Alabuga), as well as implement the "one window"principle in the Agency's work.

Starting in February 2008, M. V. Mishustin left the civil service for a while and went into the investment business, or rather-to the UFG group of companies, the main founder of which was Boris Grigoryevich Fedorov, his former head of the Federal tax service of Russia. Here Mishustin performed in two roles — as a managing partner at UFG Asset Management and as President of UFG Capital Partners.

However, his entrepreneurial career ended quite quickly. On April 6, 2010, Mikhail Mishustin was appointed head of the Federal tax service of Russia. Since taking this position, he has mainly placed bets on automating internal and external business processes of the tax service and introducing the most advanced technologies into it. Due to these measures, he planned to achieve a significant increase in tax collections to the Federal and consolidated budgets, increase their transparency, and increase loyalty to the Russian Federal tax service, which at that time had a strong reputation as a bureaucratic, completely unfriendly structure to taxpayers.

For the first couple of years of working as Russian head FNS Michael Mishustin has been able to fundamentally change the size of the tax revenues flowing into Russian coffers and reputation on taxpayers. Today, the Russian tax service is one of the most modernized state structures in Russia. Tax offices with endless queues are probably a thing of the past-now they are equipped with advanced technology, electronic queues, and are United in a single all-Russian information network, but most importantly, most of the communications between taxpayers and the Federal tax service are now transferred to the Internet space^[ru]. The website of the tax service now has a large number of electronic services that allow you to solve many issues, including paying taxes, without leaving your own computer. Mishustin also built several large data Centers, thanks to which the Federal tax service is now able to receive tax data from all over Russia in electronic form and in the shortest possible time, as well as use cloud technologies for their processing and storage.

The introduction of advanced technologies in the work of the Federal tax service allowed Mishustin to annually increase tax revenues to the budget. Even the economic crisis in the country in 2015-2016 and political sanctions that led to a serious drop in oil prices did not prevent the increase in collection rates. In total, over the first 5 years of operation, they were increased by 16%, taking into account inflation.

The introduction of innovative technologies in the work of the Federal tax service allowed Mishustin to annually increase tax collections to the budget. Even the economic crisis that broke out in Russia in 2015-2016, and political sanctions that led to a serious drop in oil prices, did not prevent the increase in collection rates. In total, over the first 5 years of operation, they were increased by 16%, taking into account inflation.

On the photo: Presentation of Michael mishustina in a joint workshop by OECD and IOTA report

Mikhail Mishustin's presentation at the joint OECD-IOTA seminar

Today, the technologies introduced by Mikhail Mishustin are closely watched by the heads of tax services in many countries, including the main world powers-the United States^[ru], Germany, the United Kingdom^[ru], Australia, etc. Mikhail Vladimirovich himself, since 2013, has been the Deputy Chairman of the OECD tax administration forum Bureau, which is now the most authoritative in the world.

In the photo: Mikhail Mishustin presents to Vladimir Putin^[ru] the results of the Department's work for the first quarter of 2017

Mikhail Mishustin presents to Vladimir Putin the results of the Department's work for the first quarter of 2017

The head of the Russian tax service, Mishustin, has held his current post since April 2010. During this time, he was able to achieve a significant increase in tax revenues without raising interest rates, as well as seriously modernize the Agency entrusted to him, making it one of the most advanced state structures in Russia.

Mikhail Vladimirovich achieved these results mainly due to the introduction of high technologies in the Federal tax service of Russia, the automation of the service and the maximum transfer of interaction between it and taxpayers to the Internet space. Thanks to these measures, Mishustin managed to significantly increase business loyalty to the Federal tax service, get rid of queues in the tax service offices, make communications transparent and convenient for all parties to the process, reduce the number of on-site tax inspections by several times, minimize unjustified VAT refunds, and much more.

HSE rector Yaroslav Ivanovich Kuzminov told RT: "I know Mikhail Mishustin as an effective Manager who can implement ambitious projects in a short time. He is one of the most successful managers in the public sector. the results of his work in the Federal tax service are clearly visible to businesses and citizens. It has great academic potential. Mikhail Vladimirovich is a person who is perfectly able to work for results, achieve rapid and effective changes, and carry out large-scale digital transformations. HSE is well aware of this, since in 2008 he became the inspiration, organizer, and research Director of the Institute of real estate Economics (HSE Institute of tax management and real estate Economics). - RT).

On January 15, 2020, Vladimir Putin proposed Mikhail Mishustin, head of the Federal tax service, as Prime Minister. As the Kremlin press service reported: "President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Mikhail Mishustin and offered him the position of Prime Minister. Having secured his consent, he submitted Mishustin's candidacy for the post of Prime Minister to the state Duma for consideration."

Dmitry Medvedev, who headed the government earlier, announced the resignation of the entire Cabinet of Ministers in connection with the proposed changes to the Constitution^[Text] by the President.

On January 16, 2020, the State Duma approved Mikhail Vladimirovich as Prime Minister. 383 deputies supported his candidacy in an open vote, no one opposed it, and 41 lawmakers abstained. On the same day, Putin signed a decree appointing Mishustin as Prime Minister.

On January 16, 2020, he was approved as a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

On January 31, 2020, Russian Prime appointed Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova as the head of the operational headquarters for the prevention and spread of a new type of coronavirus^[ru] in the Russian Federation.

On April 30, 2020, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin became ill with the COVID-19 coronavirus^[ru] infection and went into self-isolation. He reported this to President Vladimir Putin.

On July 1, 2021, Mikhail Vladimirovich met with Andrey Valeryevich Ryumin, CEO of PJSC ROSSETI, at the Moscow Government House.

Rewards

Order of Honor (December 29, 2012) — for labor achievements and long-term conscientious work;
Honorary diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (November 15, 2013) — for achievements in labor, long-term conscientious work and active social activities;
Order of merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (July 16, 2015) — for achievements in labor, active social activities and long-term conscientious work;
Patriarchal sign of the temple Builder (June 25, 2017);
Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, III degree (August 28, 2019) - in consideration of assistance to the assumption monastery of the Sarov desert.

Family, Hobbies

Father - Vladimir Moiseevich Mishustin (born October 25, 1939 in Polotsk, Vitebsk region, in Belarus.

Mother - Luisa Mikhailovna (b. March 25, 1942 in Kotlas, Arkhangelsk region.

Sister - Natalia Stenina (b. May 27, 1970).

Mikhail Mishustin is married. Wife - Vladlena Yuryevna Mishustina (born January 2, 1976). In this marriage, the couple born^[ru] three sons.

He is fond of hockey and is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the CSKA hockey club.

«Professionals» (about hockey) - performed by Vladimir Vysotsky

Scientific activity

In addition to managing the Federal tax service, Mikhail Mishustin is also engaged in research and is a doctor of Economics. Today, he combines his main work with scientific guidance at The Institute of real estate Economics, which was opened on his initiative, as well as at the Financial University under the government of Russia (Faculty of taxes and taxation).

In 2003, Mishustin defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of economic Sciences on the topic "the Mechanism of state tax administration in Russia".
In 2010, he defended his thesis for the degree of doctor of Economics on the topic "Strategy of formation of property taxation in Russia".
He is the author of three monographs on tax administration.
In 2008, he initiated the opening of the Institute of real estate Economics at the state University Higher school of Economics, which operates not only in the field of additional education, but also as a research center. Mikhail Vladimirovich himself became the scientific Director of this Institute.

By the decision of the Academic Council of the Financial University on 15.10.2013, he was appointed scientific Director Of the faculty of taxes and taxation of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Edited by Mikhail Mishustin, the textbook Taxes and tax administration was published for the 25th anniversary of the creation of the tax authorities of the Russian Federation. (Edited by Mishustin M. V., Moscow: Enlightenment, 2015-912 p.).
More than 40 scientific articles have been published.

Publications By Mikhail Mishustin

Monographs

Information technology foundations of state tax administration in Russia: Monograph. - Moscow: UNITY-DANA, 2005. - 252s.;
Information-technological basis for the administration of property taxes: a Monograph. - Moscow: UNITY-DANA, 2007. - 360C.;
Administration of property taxation in Russia. Development strategy: Monograph. - Moscow: UNITY-DANA, 2011. – 367 pages.

Articles

Mishustin M. V. "an Effective system is a managed system" / / Corporate systems, 2002, no. 15, pp. 20-23;
"The system for submitting tax returns in electronic form is a real step towards" Electronic Russia" " / / Consultant, 2002, no. 10, p. 9-12;
"Tax returns in electronic form: solutions and prospects" / / Tax courier, 2002, no. 4, pp. 16-21;
"The tax system-the basis for building a modern state" / / Business: organization, strategy, systems, 2002, no. 3, pp. 60-63;
"We are building a service" / / CIO Head of information service, 2002, no. 5, pp. 32-41;
"Information service-the basis of the tax administration system" / / Special issue of iBusiness magazine, New solutions for the new economy, 2002, no. 4-5, pp. 32-35;
"Information service-the basis of the tax administration system" / / Special issue of iBusiness magazine, Solutions for e-government, 2002, no. 6, pp. 7-10;
"What has changed in the registration of legal entities" / / Russian Tax Courier, 2002, no. 18, p. 4-9;
"Information service-the basis of future administration systems" / / Information technologies and Director, 2002, no. 2, pp. 54-57;
"FTS as a public service provider" / / electronics production and trade, 2003, no. 3 (4), pp. 6-9;
"Informatization is a strategic approach to solving problems" / / Information for Business and Life, 2003, no. 5 (6), pp. 73-80;
"The unified register is open and available" //Consultant, 2003, no. 15, p. 8-12;
"Improving tax administration-a factor for improving the efficiency of tax authorities" / / Finance, 2003, no. 6;
Tax control, training manual, the team of authors under the editorship of A. N. Romanov., Infra — M, 2005 — 280 p.;
The role of the real estate cadastre in the modern state: Economic Issues 2005 No. 9;
World experience in describing and accounting for real estate objects: Economic Issues, 2006 no. 2;
Main tasks of real estate cadastre management, Zh. Economic policy, 2007, no. 1;
Institutional foundations of mass real estate valuation for tax purposes: Bulletin of the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, 2008 no. 2;
Real estate tax administration and tax assessment system in the region (using the example of Massachusetts, USA), Economic policy, 2008 No. 4, ANH under the Government of the Russian Federation and the Institute of transition;
Monitoring of real estate markets by state cadastral authorities Bulletin of the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, 2009, no. 3;
"Modern information technology support for state property management". Report at the 3rd international conference on the development of large-scale MLSD systems, 2009, IPU RAS;
Individual assessment when Calculating the cadastral value of a real estate object, Zh. Economic Sciences, 2009;
Methodology for calculating the cadastral value of valuation items based on statistical modeling, Zh. Economic Sciences, 2009;
Features and trends of property taxes in the Russian economy and the economy of foreign countries. Journal. Economic policy, No. 3, 2012;
Influence of economic trends on the dynamics of tax revenues. Journal. Economic policy # 5, 2013;
Improving tax administration tools to ensure stable state budget revenues. G-l. Economy. Tallage. Right. No. 4, 2014.

Famous statements by Mikhail Mishustin

Mihail Vladimirovich Mishustin

If we talk about comparison with repressions and so on, we have one of the most liberal models of tax administration in the world. Sorry, it's not just liberal. The fact is that the functions and powers that the United States, for example, has in comparison with our tax administration are many times greater.
In the fight against "dirty data", the Federal tax service assigns an important role to "feedback" with citizens, which can help identify inaccurate information and take a set of measures to promptly correct it.
Tax authorities around the world always face a rather difficult task-to maintain the right balance between fiscal and regulatory functions, providing services and control, ensuring a favorable investment climate and countering tax abuse.
Communication with the tax service should not cause unpleasant feelings for taxpayers, except for unscrupulous ones. Sometimes, coming to the inspection, people are faced with impolite treatment, I am categorically against it. I hope our colleagues will hear and understand that we work for citizens. We are a service company that monitors compliance with tax laws. And the mechanism of this service should be as comfortable as possible.
...Russia has the most liberal tax legislation. We have a low tax burden compared to the BRICS and European countries. We have an income tax of 13 percent. You can ask a Briton, an Italian, who gets two or three times more, about 20-30 thousand euros a year, what high taxes he pays. So in Russia, not everything is bad.
Today, some taxpayers violate the tax law simply out of ignorance, or face difficulties in interacting with the tax service and decide that it is easier not to pay. Therefore, by creating comfortable conditions for taxpayers to fulfill their tax obligations and information support, we are increasing the number of conscientious and competent taxpayers.
We are not going to conduct a campaign against offshore companies as a phenomenon that plays a role in the global economy. The goal of our work should be to prevent the use of offshore territories as a mechanism for aggressive tax planning and tax evasion.
For the state, the taxpayer is the main investor who needs to be provided with the full range of guarantees and protection of their rights.
If the taxpayer for whom the relevant actions are carried out in one way or another is ready to pay the amount of tax, as well as penalties and fines that are owed to him by law, then, in the case of such an act, which can be qualified by articles 198 and 199 of the Criminal code, he may be given the opportunity, by paying this money, to avoid criminal prosecution in the case of the investigator's decision.
Everyone is talking about increasing pressure on business, but I believe that this is not the case, the topic is very overheated. In addition, there is the possibility of active remorse: during a pre-investigation check, investigation or trial, a taxpayer who commits a violation for the first time can pay fines, penalties and tax, pay and leave.
The main task of the tax service is to monitor the implementation of tax legislation, not to collect taxes. We have become more transparent and technological. And business sees it.