For 3 months of 2020, the amount of the personal income tax paid by the taxpayers of the Donetsk region to the consolidated budget of the country amounted 2.9 billion UAH which is 156 million UAH more than during the same period in 2019.
Almost a quarter of the paid personal income tax, namely 742 million UAH was directed to the state budget of Ukraine. In addition, taxpayers of the military levy transferred more than 134 million UAH to the state budget in support of Ukrainian army.
Accordingly, 75% or 2 billion 177 million UAH of the total amount of revenues remained at the disposal of local budgets of the region – which is a significant support in financing of local communities for the development and improvement of the region.
In general, the personal income tax amounts more than a half of all revenues to the consolidated budget of the country from taxpayers of Donetsk region. The main factors influencing the revenues growth of the specified tax are, first of all, the increase in the level of minimum wages and constant work of tax specialists aimed at combating illegal labor and payment of wages in the “envelopes”.
Main Directorate of the STS in Donetsk region reminds that now every ordinary citizen of Donetsk region can use the “Legal ZrPlat” mobile application to send information to the tax authority about paying wages in the envelopes or using hired labor without employment contract, complaining about unfair employers or any other violations of the labor law. This app can be downloaded on the phone using Play Market (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.solidpack.legalzrplat) or the App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legal-zrplat/id1490703512?ls = 1).