The number of debtor enterprises to the budget in the Vitebsk region has decreased by 22% since the beginning of the year

November 23, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA /. The number of legal entities with budget arrears decreased by 22% to 42 enterprises in the Vitebsk region in January-October. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press service of the regional inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties. As of November 1, the total amount of payers' arrears in budget payments amounted to Br7.5 billion and decreased by Br12.9 billion since the beginning of the year. The main debts are owed by legal entities of all forms of ownership, which failed to fulfill their obligations to the budget in the amount of Br7.3 billion. The arrears of individual entrepreneurs and individuals amount to Br203 million and Br36.5 million, respectively. Measures taken by the tax service to eliminate arrears allowed to attract Br235.1 billion to the budget, which is 6.8% of the total budget revenues for ten months. A positive trend this year is the reduction in the level of compulsory collection of payments, the press service noted. In total, almost Br3.5 trillion was received into the consolidated budget of the Vitebsk region in January-October, including over Br1.8 trillion to the republican budget, or 95.5% of the plan, and over Br1.6 trillion to the local budget, which is 102.4% of the planned indicators. In the structure of revenues of the consolidated budget of the region, excise taxes account for about 33.8% of the total revenue, VAT accounts for 22.5%, income tax - 12.3%, and profit tax - 8.5%. Legal entities of all forms of ownership provide the largest share of payments, forming about 96% of budget revenues (including state-owned enterprises - 80%). The volume of tax payments from individual entrepreneurs is 2.5%, and payments from individuals account for about 1.6% of the total budget revenues. In total, almost 465 thousand payers participate in the formation of the revenue part of the consolidated budget of the region, including over 16.8 thousand legal entities and almost 30 thousand individual entrepreneurs. -0-