Small businesses in the Vitebsk region increased budget payments by 8.7% in January-October

December 7, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Small businesses in the Vitebsk region increased budget payments by 8.7% to Br395.1 billion in January-October compared to the same period in 2009 in comparable terms, the press center of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties Inspectorate for the Vitebsk region informed a BELTA correspondent. In the total volume of tax revenues from this category of taxpayers, small enterprises and organizations account for about 78.5% (Br310 billion), while their number increased by 6.4% and the volume of payments increased by 9.1% compared to the same period in 2009. Individual entrepreneurs paid about Br85.1 billion in taxes and fees (21.5%), which is 7.3% more than in the first 10 months of 2009. The number of individual entrepreneurs increased by 0.6%. In total, almost 37.1 thousand small business entities are registered in the region, including about 7.7 thousand legal entities and 29.4 thousand individual entrepreneurs. Their total number increased by almost 2% compared to January-October 2009. More than 14 thousand individual entrepreneurs pay a single tax, and over 5.8 thousand individual entrepreneurs use a simplified tax system. The most common types of activities among small business representatives are retail trade, repair of household goods and personal items, which specialize about 48.6% of all small business entities. In addition, 10.5% of enterprises and entrepreneurs provide transport services, 6.9% are engaged in wholesale trade, 6.1% in construction, and 3.3% of business entities in trade, maintenance and repair of cars and motorcycles. -0-