In the Vitebsk region, the volume of benefits for a single tax for self-employed citizens exceeded Br200 thousand.
Assistance was provided under Decree No. 143 "On Support of the Economy", in accordance with which the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies halved the single tax rates for individual entrepreneurs and self-employed citizens for the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2020. For January-September 2020, self-employed individuals replenished the budget by almost Br500 thousand, which in actual prices is 20.6% less than in the same period of 2019.
As of October 1, more than 4.9 thousand people in the Vitebsk region carry out activities without registering as individual entrepreneurs, provided they pay a single tax, which is 9% more compared to the data as of October 1, 2019.
The largest number of self-employed citizens carry out activities in Vitebsk (over 1.1 thousand people, an increase of more than 5%), Novopolotsk (556, 8.8%), Polotsk District (503, 21.8%), Orsha District (455, 22.3%), and Gluboksky District (357, about 1%). Along with Orsha District, Ushachsky District (75.8%), Tolochinsky District (40.7%), Dubrovensky District (29.3%), Chashniksky District (22%), and Lepelsky District (9.3%) are leaders in the growth rate of individuals paying a single tax. In general, across the region, an increase in the number of this category of taxpayers is noted in all districts, except for Liozno, Shumilino, and Senno districts.
Among the types of activities that do not require state registration, hairdressing and cosmetic services (more than 1.3 thousand self-employed), tutoring (693), and renting out residential premises and garden houses to individuals for short-term stays (215 people) remain the most popular among this category of taxpayers.