Small and medium-sized businesses in the Vitebsk region have grown by 3.2% in number.

As of April 1, 2020, there were almost 31.6 thousand small and medium-sized enterprises registered in the Vitebsk region, which is 3.2% more than in the same period of 2019, the press service of the regional tax inspectorate reported.

Individual entrepreneurs made the main contribution to the positive dynamics of this segment of the economy, their number increased by more than 5% and exceeded 23 thousand. The number of individual entrepreneurs grew at the highest rates in 14 rural districts, including Beshenkovichi (12.5%), Dubrovno (12.2%), Liozno (11.9%), Tolochin (10.3%), Braslav (10%), Senno (9.5%), Verkhnedvinsk (9.4%). In Novopolotsk, Vitebsk and Orsha district, the growth rate of individual entrepreneurs was below the regional average (4.7% respectively). A negative trend is noted only in Ushachi district, where the number of individual entrepreneurs decreased by 5.7% and as of April 1, amounted to 182 entities.

The number of small and medium-sized organizations exceeds 8.5 thousand and decreased by 122 companies, or by 1.4%, compared to April 1, 2019.

For January-March of the current year, over Br101 million was received from this category of taxpayers to the budget, which is approximately 3% more than at the end of the first quarter of the previous year. Almost 89% of the total revenue comes from payments by legal entities of this segment of the economy. The share of small and medium-sized enterprises in the budget's tax revenues was almost 23%.

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