Business entities of Odessa region paid 5.9 billion UAH to the state budget over the 1^st half of 2020, which is 1.4 billion UAH or 31.6% more than over the 1^st half of 2019.

In terms of basic taxes, the payment is:

- 2.6 billion UAH of the value added tax, which is 25.4% or 520.4 million UAH more than over the corresponding period in 2019;

- 1.4 billion UAH of the personal income tax, which is 5.3% or 69.8 million UAH more than over the 1^st half of 2019;

- 1.3 billion UAH of the income tax, which is 2.4 times or 778.3 million UAH more than over January – June 2019;

- 417.8 million UAH of the military levy, which is 8.4% or 32.2 million UAH more than the last year’s 1^st half;

- 129.5 million UAH of the excise tax, which is 23 million UAH or 21.6 % more than over the 1^st half of 2019.

“Paying taxes, we invest in future: in developed social infrastructure and qualitatively new standard of living for citizens” – stated Head of the Main Directorate of the STS in Odessa region Yuliia Shadevska.