In Zaporizhzhia region there is an ongoing control over the employers’ compliance with requirements for payment of salaries at the statutory level. Tax specialists carrying out analytical work keep identifying business entities that do not accrue salaries to their employees late or not in full amount.
Thus, recently 444 Zaporizhzhia enterprises that accrued salaries below the minimum level were identified. Head of Main Directorate of the STS in Zaporizhzhia region Roman Afonov reported that this is almost a third of the total number of enterprises that reported to the tax authorities. In particular, 41103 employees received less than the minimum wage in the second quarter of 2020.
The biggest number of employers who did not pay extra to their employees was recorded in the regional center and Melitopol district.
Among the biggest “minimizers” of salaries are the wholesale and retail trade entities, namely more than 28% or 1203 business entities; second place occupied processing and mining enterprises – 15.6% or 671 entities; third place entities organizations involved in the real estate – 12% or 516 entities.
Tax service emphasizes on the inadmissibility of legislative violations upon the calculation of salaries to employees and calls for compliance with social guarantees during the payroll.
Reminder! The Law “On the State budget of Ukraine for 2020” defines the minimum salary from January 1 to August 31 in the amount of 4723 UAH and from September 1 – 5000 UAH.