Excise tax revenues to the budget of the Vitebsk region in January-November increased by 21% to Br130 billion.

December 24, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The consolidated budget revenues of the Vitebsk region for January-November of the current year amounted to over Br3.8 trillion, the press center of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties Inspectorate for the Vitebsk region informed a BELTA correspondent. Br2 trillion was transferred to the republican budget, and over Br1.8 trillion to the local budget. In the structure of the region's consolidated budget revenues, excise taxes account for about 33.2% of the total revenue, with their amount increasing by 21% to Br130 billion compared to the same period in 2009. The share of VAT was 23.7%, personal income tax - 12.4%, profit tax - 8.3%. The largest share of payments is provided by legal entities of all forms of ownership, which formed 95.8% of the budget revenues (including 80.1% by state-owned enterprises). The volume of tax payments by individual entrepreneurs is 2.4% of budget revenues, and payments by individuals account for about 1.7% of the total revenue. In total, over 466 thousand taxpayers participate in the formation of the revenue part of the budget, including almost 17 thousand legal entities and about 30 thousand individual entrepreneurs. As of December 1, the budget debt of the region's economic entities amounted to Br7.1 billion and decreased by Br13.3 billion compared to the beginning of the year. Tax authorities of the region forcibly eliminated budget arrears totaling Br258.8 billion, or 8.2% of the total budget revenues. Based on the results of control measures carried out by tax authorities, an additional Br15 billion in taxes and administrative fines was received by the regional budget. In addition, the illegal refund of VAT from the budget in the amount of Br17.6 billion was prevented. -0-