Main Directorate of the STS in Rivne region reported that there is an ongoing operation “Harvest 2020”. Its purpose is to identify and prevent the use of tax evasion schemes by entities involved in agricultural production, un-shadowing the hired labor, verification of completeness of accrual and payment of taxes by economic entities and citizens who own land plots with an area exceeding 2 hectares, as well as those who cultivate them on their own to earn income.
Since the beginning of operation, specialists of regional Tax service has analyzed the number of employees and level of salaries that should be paid to workers involved in agriculture depending on the land area, calculated salaries for cultivation of 1 hectare of arable land and determined range of employers who pay it lower than the minimum.
As a result of analytical work and taken measures, the number of 92 economic entities increased level of salaries to employees. Accordingly, the budget additionally received 448.5 thousand UAH of the personal income tax, 548.5 thousand UAH of the single contribution and 37.4 thousand UAH of the military levy. In addition, 297 economic entities increased the number of employees by 2231.