Consolidated budget revenues of the Vitebsk region for 8 months amounted to more than Br2.6 trillion.

September 17, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA /. The consolidated budget revenues of the Vitebsk region for January-August 2010 amounted to more than Br2.6 trillion, or 104.8% of the plan, the press center of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties Inspectorate for the Vitebsk region informed a BELTA correspondent. The revenue plan has been fulfilled for budgets of all levels. Over Br1.4 trillion, or 105.8% of the plan, was transferred to the republican budget, and more than Br1.2 trillion (103.6%) to the local budget. In the structure of the region's consolidated budget revenues, excise taxes account for about 34.8% of the total receipts, VAT accounts for 22%, income tax for 12.3%, and profit tax for 8.3%. The largest share of payments is provided by legal entities of all forms of ownership, which generated 96% of the budget revenues (including state-owned enterprises - 80.8%). The volume of tax payments by individual entrepreneurs is 2.4% of the budget revenues, and payments by individuals account for about 1.5% of the total revenues. In total, over 463 thousand taxpayers, including more than 16.7 thousand legal entities and almost 30 thousand individual entrepreneurs, participate in the formation of the budget's revenue side. As of September 1, the budget debt of the region's economic entities amounted to Br12.5 billion and decreased by Br7.8 billion compared to the beginning of the year, including Br3.4 billion in August alone. Tax authorities of the region forcibly eliminated budget arrears totaling Br218.6 billion, or 8.2% of the total budget revenues. Based on the results of control measures carried out by tax authorities, an additional Br14.2 billion in taxes, penalties, and administrative fines was received by the region's budget. In addition, illegal VAT refunds from the budget totaling Br11.6 billion were prevented. -0-