Consolidated budget revenues of the Vitebsk region in January-October amounted to about Br3.4 trillion.

November 20, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The consolidated budget revenues of the Vitebsk region in January-October 2009 amounted to about Br3.4 trillion, or 98.9% of the plan. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press service of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties Inspectorate for the Vitebsk region. Almost Br1.9 trillion was raised for the national budget, which is 98% of the plan, and about Br1.5 trillion for the local budget (100%). The main sources of revenue for the regional budget are excise taxes - their share in the total revenue was 28.3% (Br957.8 billion received), as well as VAT (19.7%, Br668 billion), personal income tax (10.6%, Br358.5 billion), and profit tax (7.9%, Br268.9 billion). The largest share of revenue comes from legal entities - they formed 96.4% of the revenue part of the consolidated budget of the region, with foreign legal entities (growth rate of 160.4%) and insurance organizations (119.3%) providing the largest increase in revenue. The region maintains a trend of growth in tax revenues from small businesses. For 10 months, this category of taxpayers paid over Br258 billion to the budget, which is Br21.4 billion more than in the same period last year. Almost 1.5 thousand taxpayers in the region report on the fulfillment of tax obligations electronically. As of November 1, the debt of economic entities of the Vitebsk region for budget payments amounted to Br25.8 billion and decreased by Br6.9 billion compared to the beginning of the year, including a decrease of Br0.7 billion in October. A total of almost 460 thousand taxpayers participate in the formation of the revenue part of the consolidated budget of the region, including over 15 thousand legal entities and about 30 thousand individual entrepreneurs. -0-