Individual budget payments in the Vitebsk region for January-November increased by 3.5% to Br66.1 billion.

December 30, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Individuals registered for tax purposes in the Vitebsk region paid over Br66.1 billion to the budget in January-November, which is 3.5% more than the payment volume for the same period in 2009. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press center of the regional tax inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties. As of December 1, more than 420,000 individuals are registered for tax purposes in the region. The largest number of citizens in this category are payers of land tax, land rent, and property tax - this is more than 400,000 people, their number increased by 1% compared to the same period in 2009. The number of citizens engaged in handicraft activities increased by more than 30% to 817. In addition, the number of payers renting out residential and non-residential premises increased by 22.7% to almost 8.2 thousand people. In total, for January-November, the revenues of the consolidated budget of the Vitebsk region amounted to over Br3.8 trillion, with payments from individuals accounting for about 1.7% of the total revenue. -0-