Largest taxpayers increased payment of taxes to the national budget by 20% or by UAH 21.7 billion in January-May 2018 year-over-year, to UAH 132.2 billion, the Office of Large Taxpayers has said on its website.
The Office said that the largest growth was seen from payment of profit tax: it grew by 89% or UAH 18 billion, to UAH 38.2 billion.
Head of the Office of Large Taxpayers Yevhen Bambizov said in an interview with Taxlink that Naftogaz Ukrainy paid most of profit tax. The company declared record-hitting profit over this period compared with losses for the previous periods.
“This is not the only reason. We see profit tax growth every year, and this year we projected it by at least 20%. This is linked to the growth of the economy, continuation of active work on reduction of losses by large taxpayers,” he said.
The Office said that revenue from VAT payment in January-May 2018 grew by 14.4% or UAH 7.3 billion, to UAH 58.5 billion, while from payment of the excise duty on Ukrainian-made products fell by UAH 13.9% or UAH 3.4 billion, to UAH 21.5 billion.
Payments of income tax from salaries grew by 28% or UAH 1.9 billion, to UAH 8.8 billion. Single social security tax payments rose by 335 or UAH 4.7 billion, to UAH 19.5 billion. Military tax payments rose by almost 23% or UAH 332 million, to UAH 1.7 billion.
