Seventeen employers in the Vitebsk region were not officially paying wages to employees

October 27, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA /. Tax inspectorates of the Vitebsk region identified 17 employers in January-September who were not paying wages to some of their employees, the press service of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties Inspectorate for the Vitebsk region informed a BELTA correspondent. During operational checks, tax officials found that the amounts of employees' wages were not reflected in the accounting records of such business entities, and, accordingly, income tax was not calculated, and deductions to the Social Protection Fund of the population were not made. In addition, at 36 enterprises, employees were paid official wages below the minimum guaranteed living wage. Another 60 business entities used the practice of paying wages without officially formalizing labor relations with employees, including 80% of them did not reflect such payments in official accounting. In total, over Br280 million was additionally charged to the budget for these facts, including about Br74 million in administrative fines and penalties. Tax authorities also identified 58 entrepreneurs who illegally involved citizens who were not their close relatives in entrepreneurial activities. In total, by decision of the economic court of the region, 43 entrepreneurs were brought to administrative responsibility for this offense, the amount of fines was almost Br30 million. Illegally obtained income from such activities in the amount of over Br200 million was confiscated to the state. -0-