Entrepreneurs of the Vitebsk region increased payments to the budget by 5.6% to almost Br100 billion in 2010.

February 11, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA /. Individual entrepreneurs of the Vitebsk region in 2010 increased payments to the consolidated budget of the region in comparable prices compared to 2009 by 5.6% to almost Br100 billion. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press center of the regional inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties. According to data as of January 2011, more than 29 thousand entrepreneurs are operating in the region. On average per year, one entrepreneur paid about Br3.4 million to the budget. The share of entrepreneurs' payments in budget revenues increased by 0.3 percentage points and amounted to 2.3% by the end of the year. In the total volume of payments, entrepreneurs paid more than Br26 billion in value added tax, which is almost 7% higher than VAT revenues in 2009. In addition, the application of special tax regimes is popular among this category of taxpayers. Thus, in 2010, more than 14.4 thousand individual entrepreneurs paid a single tax. This category of entrepreneurs paid more than Br66.5 billion to the budget. Over 5.8 thousand individual entrepreneurs appreciated the advantages of working under a simplified tax system. They paid about Br22.6 billion to the budget. -0-