The number of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized cities of the Vitebsk region increased by almost 15% in 8 months

September 23, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The number of business entities in small and medium-sized urban settlements of the Vitebsk region increased by almost 15% to 9.8 thousand in January-August this year, the Vitebsk region inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties informed a BELTA correspondent. For eight months, this category of taxpayers paid taxes and duties totaling Br219 billion (including Br12 billion by individual entrepreneurs), which accounts for 8% of the revenue part of the region's consolidated budget. In total, over 1.3 thousand legal entities and individual entrepreneurs were registered in small and medium-sized cities this year. Founders most actively registered new enterprises in Vitebsk, Gluboksky, Postavsky, and Polotsky districts, where more than half (213) of legal entities were established. More than 1.2 thousand enterprises and over a thousand individual entrepreneurs operate in the region's agro-towns. For eight months, they paid about Br41 billion in taxes and duties to the budget. The largest number of taxpayers operate in agro-towns of Vitebsk (26% of the total number of such business entities), Postavsky (7.2%), and Dokshitsky (6.6%) districts. The preferential tax regime established to create favorable business conditions in rural areas allowed business entities in small and medium-sized cities of the region to retain over Br7 billion at their disposal. -0-