From the beginning of 2014, 267 payers of tourist tax residing in Kyiv have deducted above 5.5 million hryvnias to the government coffer, the Main Inspectorate of the National Fiscal Service in Kyiv reports.
According to the data from tax authorities, 183 taxpayers out of the total are legal persons that have refilled the budget by around 5 million hryvnias, and 84 – natural persons that have paid 616 thousand hryvnias in tourist tax.
The NFS in Kyiv reminds that “a payer of tourist tax” is regarded to be a citizen of Ukraine, foreigner or stateless person that arrives in the territory of the administrative-territorial unit, in the territory of which the regulations on tourist tax are passed by the village, borough and municipal councils, and gets a temporary residence (overnight halt) permit, with the stipulation to leave the place in due time.
