Ensuring transparency and democratization of the activities of the Ministry;
Ensuring coordinated work of Public Relations Services of State subordinated institutions,
which are in the field of administration of the Ministry;
Explaining the role and the importance of the Ministry in the process of state policy,
its priorities and economic reforms through mass media;
Preparing official messages, applications and other information related to the processes
ongoing at the Ministry and their delivery to mass media;
Informing mass media about the organized events and decisions taken by the Ministry;
Producing protocol;
Cooperating with international organizations and experts within competence;
Organizational provision of citizen acceptance within the competence;
Coordination of international and mutual foreign relations, organization and coordination
of Minister's speeches and meetings;
Coordinating activities of the Ministry's structural subdivisions existing in Minister’s
curator's sphere;
Organizing the session of advisory board of the minister and conferences held at
the Ministry in accordance with the established rule;
Processing the correspondence received in the name of the Minister, including recording
and processing correspondence, submitted without the registration number of
the relevant structural subdivision of the Ministry, preparing resolutions projects of the Minister;
Organizing the proceedings in the Central Apparatus of the Ministry;
Preparation, consideration and provision the adoption of legal acts pursuant to the legislation of Georgia.
Consultation on legal matters within its competency;
Coordination the work of structural units within the system of the Ministry of Finance in legal matters (within its competency);
Coordination of relationship with executive, legislative and state bodies in the direction of lawmaking
Discussion of administrative grievances concerning the activity of the Ministry of Finance.
Discussion and preparation of legal conclusion on the contract projects on Public Procurement.
Preparation of contract project adoptable on behalf of Ministry or/and legal expertise.
Due to the goals and objectives of Ministry of Finance, coordination of process of harmonisation Georgian legislation with the Internation agreemens and treaties, among them with the legislation of EU, taking part in preparation of relevant legal drafts.
In accordance with legislation, coordination of representation of legal drafts to the Parliament of Georgia which are prepared in relations with the Parliament and in the Ministry and legal entities of public law
Representation of Ministry of Finance in the courts.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT:
1 Division of Legal Provision and Relation with the Government of Georgia
2 Division of Relation with the Parliament of Georgia
Evaluation of risk management processes within the Ministry;
Evaluation of financial management and control systems adequacy and effectiveness within the Ministry;
Evaluation and monitoring operational compliance with the Georgian legislation;
Evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency and economy of Ministry’s operations and activities and issuing of recommendations on their improvements if necessary;
Assessment of reliability, correctness and completeness of the Ministry’s financial and non-financial information;
Ensuring the compliance with the legislation and ethical rules within the Ministry;
Conducting internal investigation for non-compliance cases committed by the staff. Preparing the conclusions and recommendations for the senior management of the Ministry;
Revenue Service functions/coordination within the new course of “Legal Simple and Reliable Tax System”;
Holding the office, entrepreneur liquidation/reorganization and post auditing;
Monitoring, analyses and determination of the criteria of automatized risks management system;
Processing and analysing of the tax information and export-import operations obtained from the authorities of foreign countries;
Control on crossing of economic boundary and supervision of crossing Georgian boundaries and freight registration;
Taking previous decisions in order to determine HS codes and countries of origin (monitoring, control, analyse, expertise, issuing of certificates of origin or other permits regarding the case); Accept and cancel a person in data automatized system ASYCUDA within the competency;
Control and supervision of crossing economic boundaries, also register and control of the goods and transport facilities subordinated on the public supervision.
Providing public phytosanitary and veterinary safety events.
Identification of the persons who moves cash, cheques and other assets subject to the monitoring;
Payments administration
Provide a Payer with service.
Payment marks for excise marks, tax pro-forma invoice, playing business fees; granting, cancel and introduction of amendments in gambling business license, charity organization status, “Golden List” participant status, “Grant” and “Humanitarian Supplies” status;
Prevention the elude tax payment and tax frauds and ensuring protection of Georgian tax legislation by payers;
Control on the payer’s activity (use of cash-register machine, execution of the conditions for permits by the owners of gambling and other playing business permits and so on).
Tax and administrative violations records management.
Prevention, determination, investigation and conduction of the complete preliminary investigation to the extent of the competency; organize and carry out an expertise pursuant to the Code of Criminal Procedure of Georgia as well as on ground of the authority granted under the Law of Georgia “About the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance” and by securing of other regulatory acts.
Determination of Administrative Violations in Financial-Economic Field and Prevention based on Administrative Code of Georgia and competences considered under the other normative acts.
Defend the staff from the illegal intervention in the determined procedures in order to ensure the safety for the activity of the Ministry of Finance and performance of the official obligations.
Budget planning and management, including preparing and fulfilment of annual Mid-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) at the country common, central and local level;
Introduction of program and capital budgeting at times; development and introduction of formats for concerning reports and methodology;
Preparing Basic Data and Directions ( BDD) documentation that ensures the communication between national/regional strategies and priorities from the one side and between Spending Legal Entities strategies/priorities from the other side within the mid-term macro economic frameworks;
Further perfection of legal framework concerning the budget in order to bring into accordance with the best practice and other reforms concerning the public finances in Georgia;
Development/improvement of the Electronic Budgetary System in the context of planning, fulfilment and accounts of the budget;
Produce the most recent database for Legal Entity of Public Law (LEPL) through envisaging requirements of LEPL budgeting and accounts;
Fulfilment of common accounts format by local governmental bodies, LEPLs and other legal entities, improvement of delivered information quality (within the budget annual report and future plans context).
Department of Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Policy Projection
Preparation of macroeconomic forecasts and calculation of main indicators of economic development;
Projection of fiscal policy and related decisions corresponding to economic objectives;
Detailed analysis of fiscal initiatives;
Analysis of macroeconomic consequences of the social-economic decisions;
Support by macroeconomic forecasting the economic development strategy and the medium term projections;
Preparation of the analysis of macroeconomic scenarios based on the current assessment of macroeconomic risks;
Preparation of the next year budget revenue forecasts and projections;
Preparation of the medium term budget revenue forecasts;
Monthly and daily budget revenue monitoring and reporting;
Compilation and dissemination of the Government Finance Statistics data according to country methodology and recommendations of IMF and other international organizations;
Department of Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Policy Projection:
Composition of draft budget of legal entities of public law and state subordinate institutions under governance of the Ministry with the annual budget law;
Preparation of quarterly and annual reports of legal entities of public law and state subordinate institutions under governance of the Ministry and central office of the Ministry within the timeframe established by the Budget Code of Georgia;
Planning of state procurement – compilation-collation-adjustment of annual procurement plan;
Conduction tender procedures, delivery-release and recording of tender documentation and proposals as well as other documentation within the competence.
Supervision and control of contractual obligations on material-technical assurance;
Provision of proper operation of the auto park of the central apparatus and sub-department of the Ministry, preparation of documentation concerning auto technical service, servicing of auto insurance, supply with the fuel of auto park of the central office of the ministry.
Ministry of Finance of Georgia ICT infrastructure development and support to ensure provisioning of continuous, highly available, effective and efficient electronic services;
Development and support of Integrated Pubpc Finance Management System and ensuring its repable and secure functioning;
Development, deployment and support of electronic information systems;
Business process analysis, optimization and automation for the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and other government organizations;
Supporting information security of the Ministry of Finance;
Development, hosting and support of web portals and sites for the Ministry of Finance and other government agencies;
Integration of Ministry of Finance IT services into the eGovernance systems;
Development and provisioning of eGovernment system components and services
Financial – Analytical Service:
1 Administrative Department
2 Department of Investigation and System-Based Analysis
Processing the claims and materials submitted to the Council of Dispute Resolution at the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and providing the Council with proper information;
Organization of Council meetings;
Documenting the decision taken by the Council in regard with the claim;
Management of the electronic claim database, generalization of the practice;
Promotion of an investment friendly environment for foreign and private investments and creation of a stable, sustainable and attractive tax environment. Enhancement and simppfication of tax legislation. Harmonization of Georgian tax law with the best international tax practices and approximation with EU directives in the sphere of indirect taxation.
Formulation of priority directions of customs popcy. Elaboration of proposals to ensure harmonization of existing regulations with EU legislation and World Trade Organization (WTO) requirements.
Drafting the Agreements for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion, conducting negotiations, coordinating activities for the conclusion of the agreements and other functions foreseen by national law; coordination of the drafting and conclusion of other international agreements to be completed in the field of taxation, as well as other activities foreseen by national law.
In-depth the cooperation with the international organizations in customs and tax fields.
The constant search and the right choice of the tax and customs levers in order to stimulate the economy; Testing and modelpng changes made in tax legislation; The economic analysis of the direct and indirect results of tax reform.
Implementation of the rights and obligations assigned by the Public Internal Financial Control law;
Preparation of legal acts for regulating internal audit and financial management and control systems;
Periodically conducting, supporting and coordinating trainings for the employees of the internal audit units and people responsible for the financial management and control on the basis of the training strategy;
To prepare/update strategic and annual plan of the development of internal audit as well as the financial management and control which will be carried out on the bases of gap analyses or assessments of needs;
Quality assessment and monitoring of functioning of Internal audit and financial management and control systems;
Coordination with international organizations and donors in order to facilitate the development of Public internal financial control system;
"On the one hand, fulfillment of recommendations issued by the international organizations on the Public internal financial control in accordance with the Association Agreement between Georgia and, on the other hand, the EU and European Atomic Energy Union and their Member States;
Forming the consolidated annual report about development of public internal financial control system and introduced it to the Minister of Finance before March 31, who will submit this consolidated annual report to the Government of Georgia;
To provide transparency of the results of the Public internal financial control reform through the relevant website pifc.gov.ge;
Introduction of Internal Auditors Certification Program.
Engagement in successful implementation of the reforms and initiatives launched by the Ministry of Finance through organization of educational courses aimed at building competencies and skills of the staff of the Ministry of Finance as well as of the representatives of other state funded institutions.
Elaboration and implementation of training programs tailored to the needs of the interested organizations and individuals and targeted to raise the level of ethics, professional knowledge of and skills of the trainees.
Provision of consultations and implementation of training programs aimed at development of business sector and meeting their learning needs in order to facilitate their successful functioning and economic growth of Georgia, as well as introduction of the reforms of the Ministry of Finance.
Development and introduction of high-level training programs and teaching techniques of international standards, cooperation with international educational centers to share the best practices and experience.
Service for Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Supervision
Introduction of mandatory international standards of financial reporting and auditing and the other relevant norms,
Defining the rules for preparation and filing financial statements, development of common policy, rules and the other normative acts in the area of financial accounting and reporting and auditing,
Handling web-portal of the statements in accordance with the set rules and requirements of EU Directive;
Defining respective rules and requirements for auditing;
Handing the state register of the auditors and audit firms
Monitoring quality control system of Auditors/ Audit Firms
Recognition of certification programs, examination procedures and continuous education programs implemented in accordance with the standards set in accordance with International Education Standards set by the IFAC and EU Directives and approving respective standards and compliance monitoring;
Prevention, detection of offences and imposing responsibilities
Service for Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Supervision:
1 Service for Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Supervision
2 Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Board
3 Head of SARAS
4 Staff Office
5 Auditing and Professional Education Supervision Department
