Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said that the government was considering broadening the property tax base and taxing polluting cars. The International Monetary Fund and the European Commission have called on Lithuania for years to broaden its property tax base. Last year, the government moved to tax second, third and further residential properties owned by one…
Revenues from single social contribution totaling UAH 131.4 billion were transferred to the state budget in the first half of 2019, according to the data provided by the State Fiscal Service. “In January-June revenues from the single social contribution for compulsory state social insurance totaled UAH 131.4 billion, up by UAH 23.6 billion or by…
On July 18 a working forum with the participation of entrepreneurs organized by the ministries of economy and agriculture was held in Khirdalan city. As part of the forum, the participants were given detailed information about the mechanism for obtaining preferential loans from the Entrepreneurship Development Fund under the Ministry of Economy, presentations were held…
Over the two quarters of the year, the budgets of local self-government bodies have increased up to UAH 139 billion. “This means that the budgets of local communities can reach the level of 290 billion by the end of this year,” Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine…
Industrial production output in Latvia in May when compared to the same period of 2018 increased by 1.7%, which was a more rapid growth rate than the average in the EU, according to data published by Eurostat. Among the EU member states for which data was available, industrial output growth was more rapid in Denmark…
The prices for consumer goods and services increased by 2.5% YoY in January-June, the State Statistical Committee reported. The prices for food, beverages and tobacco products increased by 2.7%, and non-food items – by 1.3%, while the cost of paid services to the population increased by 3.2%. The prices for consumer goods and services in…
Receipts of own revenues of the local budgets’ general fund in January-June increased to UAH 128.8 billion ($4.99 billion), which is 19.6%, or UAH 21.1 billion ($817 million) over the amount for the same period of 2018. That’s according to Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Public Utilities of Ukraine Hennady…