BRATISLAVA, May 13, (WEBNOVINY)- On Friday, Finance Minister Ivan Miklos appointed acting Director General of the Slovak Tax Directorate Igor Krnac to the Tax Directorate top post with effect as of May 16. Krnac was picked to temporarily lead the directorate after Miroslav Mikulcik’s resignation in April. Krnac has been employed in the state administration since 1999. His last post at the Tax Directorate was deputy director general for tax audit and execution.
Former Director General of the Tax Directorate Miroslav Mikulcik stepped down after Prime Minister Iveta Radicova told Miklos she was ready to resign and leave the SDKU-DS party if Mikulcik stayed in his office. „I do not want to be a tool of any power struggle, whether in relation to the opposition or inside the coalition. I do not want to get the finance minister, whom I greatly respect, or the prime minister into any conflict, and therefore I have decided to resign from my post today,” Mikulcik told the media. He further said he had always demonstrably acted in public interest and in line with respective legislation. Mikulcik concluded by saying that he supports the reform process and the incumbent government’s goals.
The scandal that eventually forced Mikulcik to quit broke out after it came to light that the company Nitra Invest of SDKU-DS district head in Nitra Ondrej Scurka had rented a building to the Kosice Regional Tax Office for about EUR 6.6 million over five years. The opposition rushed to accuse the SDKU of party cronyism and SMER-SD head Robert Fico demanded the head of minister Miklos, who had nominated Mikulcik to the office.
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