OREANDA-NEWS. September 03, 2010. Protected items of the 2010 State budget for 8 months have been financed for 100 per cent. Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said this, opening Government meeting.

"The State Treasury has reported that all the protected items of the 2010 State budget for 8 months have been funded for 100 per cent", emphasized Mykola Azarov.

The Prime Minister has said that the State commitments to pensioners are fully and timely implemented.

In addition, according to the Head of the Government, the State Treasury on Monday along with the Ministry of Finance and State Tax Administration have begun work on the second and third registers of payers of value added tax, to whom the VAT is refunded by bonds. "This is about 10,5 billion UAH of the State debts, which are returning to the payers. Thus, we have taken a huge step towards the complete elimination of VAT refunds, accumulated by the previous Government", emphasized Mykola Azarov, and added that because of the work of the Government the most competitive companies will get significant financial resources for development.