110.5 million UAH of the real estate other than land tax was paid in Volyn region during January – November 2020.
Amount of the real estate tax paid by legal entities and individuals is 15.1% higher over the corresponding period in 2019.
Of the total amount of paid real estate tax, specifically 42.2 million UAH was paid by citizens to local budgets.
“In recent months, it has been citizens who own real estate who have been actively fulfilling their tax obligations. If during the whole 2019, the local budgets received 30.8 million UAH of the real estate tax from individuals, then by the end of 11 months of the current year there is more than 42 million UAH of tax paid by citizens in local budgets” – stated Head Main Directorate of the STS in Volyn region Svitlana Savchuk.
Tax official of Volyn tax specialists emphasized that the positive dynamics in the real estate other than land tax revenues was achieved through active information of citizens and a high level of interaction between the STS and local self-governments.
“Timely exchange of information between the STS and community leaders on potential sources of budget revenues, as well as communication with community residents – property owners are among the most important factors contributing to raising funds in community budgets. The best confirmation of this is currently recorded positive dynamics in the real estate tax payment” – summarized Svitlana Savchuk.
Reminder! Citizens who own an apartment with an area of more than 60 square meters or a house with an area of more than 120 square meters or the real estate with an area of more than 180 square meters are taxpayers of real estate other than land.
Even if, for some reason, citizens have not received relevant tax notification-decision on the accrual from the Tax service, the payable amount of real estate tax can be found out at the state tax inspection.
Everyone who received tax notification -decision from the STS on the accrued amount of real estate tax, within 60 days must transfer amount of tax to the community budget where property is located.
All property owners upon the receipt of notification can check information and, if necessary, make the necessary changes. If document sent by the STS contains inaccurate information, it is necessary to reconcile your own data with the STS databases.
Given limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is best to reconcile the accrued tax information by telephone.