OREANDA-NEWS. April 26, 2010. Reviewing the 1st quarter results for Orenburg’s consolidated and regional budgets, Valeriy Kukharev, the deputy chairman and finance minister in the Orenburg regional government, has stated that the term “biggest taxpayer” can now be applied to one of the many companies operating in the region – TNK-BP, reported the press-centre of TNK-BP.     

According to the Finance and Economics Section of TNK-BP’s Orenburg Branch, TNK-BP’s Orenburg subsidiaries paid over 2 billion roubles in taxes into the region’s consolidate budget in the period from January to March 2010 – 27.3% of the annual amount stipulated by the 2010 cooperation agreement between the company and the regional government.

TNK-BP’s Orenburg companies also paid over 10.9 billion roubles into the federal budget during the first quarter of 2010, which is 89% more than for the same period last year. This means that a total of over 13 billion roubles has been paid in taxes into budgets at all levels.