The deadline for filing annual tax returns may be extended by one month. Belarusian Finance Minister Uladzislau Tatarynovich said this in an interview with SBTV, commenting on amendments to the Tax Code.
“Given that most of the information needed to verify that a tax return has been completed correctly and so on can now be obtained by tax authorities not from the taxpayer themselves, but from relevant databases, government agencies and other sources, it is proposed to extend the deadline for filing tax returns by one month, moving it to April 1, and to extend the payment deadline by two months, to August 1.
On the one hand, this will benefit the tax authorities, which will be able to examine all the information relating to the accuracy of tax returns in greater detail. On the other hand, these deadlines will also be more convenient for individual taxpayers,” he said.
The draft amendments to the Tax Code are part of a package of budget-related bills. They are currently under consideration by the House of Representatives.