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UKRGAZVYDOBUVANNIA IS LEADER AMONG LARGEST TAXPAYERS

26 January , 2018  

Public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia is the leader in the list of largest taxpayers in 2017, paying UAH 50.4 billion of taxes in 2017 compared with UAH 38.1 billion in 2016, the Office of Large Taxpayers of the State Fiscal Service has reported.
The top three largest taxpayers in 2017 also includes private joint-stock company Tobacco Company B.A.T.-Pryluky (UAH 13.1 million), and Philip Morris Ukraine (UAH 13.5 million).
National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy cut tax payments by UAH 4.6 billion compared with 2016, to UAH 11.5 billion.
Ukrnafta with UAH 10.4 billion paid compared with UAH 8.2 billion in 2016 is also in the top five of largest taxpayers.
The top ten includes JT International Ukraine (UAH 9.5 million), Ukrtatnafta (UAH 8.7 billion) and National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom (UAH 8.7 billion), as well as Ukrtransgaz (UAH 7.8 billion) and private joint-stock company Imperial Tobacco Production Ukraine (Kyiv, UAH 7.5 billion).
The office said that the top 100 largest taxpayers out of 2,506 serviced by the office in 2017 paid UAH 258.3 billion to the budget, which is over 70% of all payments serviced by the office.
In general, taxpayers serviced by the office increased payments to the consolidated budget by UAH 95 billion, sending UAH 355.1 billion.