The Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation has opened a portion of the single tax account (UNS) within all personal taxpayer accounts, affecting about 800 thousand individual entrepreneurs and corporate entities. Now users can verify tax balances, payments made, and upcoming obligations online, according to official notices reported by TASS.
The Federation Council revealed the new capability, with confirmation from the head of the Federal Tax Service, Daniil Yegorov. He noted that roughly 46 million individual accounts are currently registered. In addition to balance checks and payments, personal accounts now preserve a transaction archive dating back to 2023.
Egorov explained that prior to the settlement system reform, the volume of payment details often led to payments becoming stranded as unexplained charges, with losses estimated at 60 to 80 billion rubles per year. The reforms aim to prevent such discrepancies going forward.
UNS was rolled out for all taxpayers in Russia starting January 1, 2023, following the law that established the system. The reform removed the requirement to fill multiple payment orders with numerous details. Instead, a single tax account is opened for each citizen within the Russian Treasury. Taxpayers can transfer a single tax payment by entering the taxpayer identification number (TIN) and the payment amount. The tax authority will independently attribute payments to the correct obligations based on available documents and information. In certain cases, the authorities may rely on data supplied by the payer to reconcile and confirm payments.