KULOB, October 17, Asia-Plus - Over the past nine months, tax debts of Kulob enterprises and organizations have increased by 349,900 somonis and amounted to 2,627,400 somonis as of October 1, according to the Kulob mayor’s office.

Deputy Kulob Mayor, Safarali Rajabov, reporting on Kulob’s economic results in January-September 2006 noted that the main problem is arrears of tax collections for the previous years.  “The target on the current collection taxes has been over-fulfilled by 63,200 somonis,” said Rajabov, “Though tax police have managed to collect 525,900 somonis from the most incorrigible nonpayers the result remains unsatisfactory.”  

According to him, inspections by tax authorities of 124 enterprises and organizations in the region have revealed instances of shortcomings related to tax payments and recording accounting documentations in 74 of them.   “Materials of ten cases have been sent to the city prosecutor’s office,” said the Kulob official, “167 officials have been reprimanded, and a total amount of fines imposed has amounted to 14,739 somonis.” 

The most incorrigible tax nonpayers are Hamadoni Farm (630,600 somonis), Kulob municipal waterworks (172,100 somonis), Kulob road-building company Bunyodi Roh (136,300 somonis), Kulob brickworks (211,200 somonis), Zaripova Farm (311,400 somonis) and Khatlon Farm (151,500 somonis).