During August, the Tax Administration achieved a total gross revenue collection in the amount of 101.582.567,74 euros, which is 10,2 million euros (11 percent) more than the realization from the same period in 2017, i.e. 5,2 million euros (5,5, XNUMX percent) above the billing plan for August, the institution announced.
"In the collection structure, it is particularly important to mention the achievement of value added tax (VAT), which during August exceeded 30 million euros, which is 22 percent, or six million euros, above the achievement from August 2017, and 15 percent, or four million euros, above the collection plan on this basis. The excellent effects of VAT collection are the result of several factors, especially the intensive activities of the tax inspection, which continuously monitored the work of taxpayers, in an effort to suppress business in the gray zone to the smallest possible extent. measure", the announcement of the Tax Administration states.
The statement adds that the growth of collection in relation to the plan and achievement from last year was also recorded for all other types of income.
"In particular, it should be noted the collection of personal income tax in the total amount of EUR 14.60.497,70 and contributions for mandatory social insurance in the amount of EUR 45.93.201,37, corporate income tax in the amount of EUR 3.351.492,14 and concession fees in the amount of EUR 3.667.303,93. In the realized collection, a significant part of the income refers to the obligations of taxpayers with a high degree of tax discipline who properly service their obligations and with whom the Tax Administration builds a relationship of partnership and mutual understanding, but it is also a significant part of the revenue was collected and thanks to the intensive efforts of all services of the Tax Administration, to use the measures provided for by law, and with an indiscriminate approach, to collect obligations from those taxpayers who try to avoid paying taxes. Even though the summer tourist season is entering its final phase, the tax inspection will continue to monitor the regularity of business of taxpayers in the territory of the entire country, and that after the end of the season, the overall effects will be reported both on the realization of budget revenues and on the realization of the other goals of the tax administration - collection of tax debt, suppression of the gray economy and regulation of irregularities in the labor market and a general increase in the tax disciplines at the medium-term level," said the Tax Administration.
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