Consolidated budget revenues of the Vitebsk region in January-February amounted to Br549.6 billion.

March 19, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA /. The consolidated budget revenues of the Vitebsk region in January-February amounted to Br549.6 billion, including Br273.2 billion transferred to the republican budget and Br276.4 billion to the local budget. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Ministry of Taxes and Duties Inspectorate for the Vitebsk region. The main sources of revenue for the region's consolidated budget are excise taxes, which accounted for 30.4% of the total receipts, VAT - 19.1%, personal income tax - 12.1%, and profit tax - 8.5%. The revenue side of the budget for two months was influenced by the transition of over 1.7 thousand taxpayers in the region to quarterly payment of profit tax and VAT. As a result, about Br22 billion in tax payments will be received by the budget only based on the results of the first quarter. The largest share of receipts comes from enterprises and organizations of all forms of ownership, which formed 96% of the revenue side of the region's consolidated budget (Br526.8 billion). Individual entrepreneurs provided 2.7% of the revenues (Br14.6 billion). Payments from individuals accounted for about 1.5% (Br8.2 billion). As of March 1, the debt of economic entities of the Vitebsk region for budget payments amounted to Br18.9 billion and decreased by Br1.5 billion compared to the beginning of the year. Permanent debtors to the budget with a debt exceeding Br1 billion include open joint-stock companies "Braslav Rayagropromservice" and "Postavy Rayagropromservice", KUPSCPhP "Sittse", OJSC "Vitebsk Instrument-Making Plant" and OJSC "Polotsk Plant "Prommashremont". As part of enforcement measures for debt recovery, the region's tax authorities eliminated budget arrears totaling Br132 billion, or 24% of the total revenue. In total, over 454 thousand taxpayers participate in the formation of the revenue side of the region's consolidated budget, including more than 16 thousand legal entities, almost 30 thousand individual entrepreneurs, and about 408.8 thousand individuals. -0-