During the first half of the year, owners of land plots in Kyiv region have already paid an additional UAH 45.5 million for the use of land out of the UAH 89 million declared to date, UNN reports citing a report by the Kyiv RMA.
"Inventory of agricultural land in Kyiv region and payment of taxes for its use. This is an issue that is under the strict control of the Transparency and Accountability working group.
Continuous joint work is already yielding results - almost 1.8 thousand additional land tax returns were filed in the first half of the year. The amount of additionally paid taxes exceeded UAH 45.5 million," said Ruslan Kravchenko, Head of Kyiv RMA.
According to him, together with the tax authorities and local communities, work is underway to identify land plot owners. As of the beginning of July, the number of land plots submitted to local authorities was 94,000. A little more than 16,000 have been identified so far, and the work is ongoing. New business entities are being actively engaged in taxation.
"Unfortunately, there are communities that are in no hurry to provide information - there are 18 of them. In addition, we encourage communities to identify and report land plots that are used without proper documents and not for their intended purpose.
Therefore, he urged all communities without exception not to delay in submitting the necessary data. Anyone who deliberately avoids doing so will be reported to law enforcement agencies. We are all interested in the development of communities in Kyiv region, in transparent and accountable processes. And we must act together!" - Kravchenko added.
According to the head of the RMA, unpaid taxes are significant amounts of money that can be used for community development and construction of new social and infrastructure facilities.