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UKRGAZVYDOBUVANNIA, NAFTOGAZ, PHILIP MORRIS ARE UKRAINE’S LARGEST TAXPAYERS IN Q1, 2016

19 July , 2016  

KYIV. July 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia in the first quarter of 2016 increased tax payments to the consolidated budget of Ukraine by 6.8 times and topped the rating of the largest taxpayers in the country, the State Fiscal Service reported in the Visnyk Rating edition.

According to its data, Naftogaz Ukrainy, the parent company of Ukrgazvydobuvannia, ranked second, despite the reduction in payments by 8%, while PJSC Philip Morris Ukraine ranked third, it increased tax payments by 75%.

These companies are followed by another representative of the tobacco industry – PJSC B.A.T. – Pryluky, which increased tax payments by 2.3 times, Energomarket with a 62% rise in payments ranked fifth.

The top ten largest taxpayers also included PJSC Ukrnafta (increased payments by 4.7 times), tobacco company PJSC JT International Ukraine (28%), Energoatom (247%), PJSC Naftogazvydobuvannia (90%), and PJSC Ukrtatnafta (two-fold).