Professional independence is additionally set out in the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Act stipulating that SURS&rsquo;s Director-General is directly responsible to the Government and the Prime Minister, and the Civil Servants Act stipulating in detail the procedure of selecting the appropriate candidate for SURS&rsquo;s Director-General, since the selection must be based on professional criteria.
Strokovna neodvisnost je dodatno utemeljena tudi v Zakonu o Vladi Republike Slovenije, ki določa, da je generalni direktor SURS neposredno odgovoren vladi in predsedniku vlade, ter Zakonu o javnih uslužbencih, ki natančno določa postopek izbire ustreznega kandidata za generalnega direktorja SURS, saj mora le-ta temeljiti na strokovnih kriterijih.