The Advisory Council in Customs and Taxation is set up as an advisory body in the field of taxes and fees, for addressing issues of major concern, examining the relevant draft normative acts, the institutional development priorities, as well as the coordination of external assistance provided to the Ministry of Finance and subordinate institutions, aimed at creating an effective platform for interaction between tax and customs experts from the public and private sectors to make recommendations on situations with a major impact on the business environment.

Advisory Council in Customs and Taxation has the following tasks:

To examine particular problematic situations not regulated by the legislative and / or normative acts, in order to identify the existing barriers and optimal solutions thereto, including through art.11 paragraph (1) of the Tax Code;

To formulate opinions and proposals to the draft laws and normative acts of major interest;

To submit proposals for optimising and improving the work of the Ministry of Finance and the subordinate institutions, including by coordinating the activity of the advisory councils created within the subordinate institutions;

To provide advice on the strategic planning issues of the Ministry of Finance and the subordinate institutions and / or the most important issues related to their development, in consultation with the development partners - external assistance providers.