Payment for Special Use of Water Resources
When Assessing the Payment One Should Observe the Following Legislative and Normative Acts and Statutes
Payers of the Payment for special use of water resources and the Payment for use of waters for hydro energy and water transportation needs
The Payment for special use of water resources is levied
An object of calculation of the payment for special use of water resources
An object of calculation of the payment for use of water for hydro energy and water transportation needs
The order of calculation of the payment
Payment for use of water resources is not levied for
The procedure for submitting computations and paying the payment for special use of water resources and the payment for use of water for hydro energy and water transportation needs
Responsibility of taxpayers of the payment for special use of water resources

 

When Assessing the Payment One Should Observe the Following Legislative and Normative Acts and Statutes:

  1. Water Code of Ukraine as of June 06, 1995 No213/05-BP;
  2. The Law of Ukraine as of December 21, 2000 No.2181-III “On the procedure for paying taxpayers’ liabilities to the budget and state specialized funds”.
  3. The Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On asserting norms of the Payment for special use of water resources and the Payment for use of waters for hydro energy and water transportation needs” as of May 18, 1999 No.836 with changes and amendments.
  4. The Procedure for Levying the Payment for Special Use of Water Resources and the Payment for use of waters for hydro energy and water transportation needs, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as of August 16, 1999 No 1494;
  5. The Instruction on procedures of calculating and levying payments for special use of water resources and the Payment for use of waters for hydro energy and water transportation needs, approved by the order of the Finance Ministry, Ministry of Economics, Ministry of Environment Protection and nuclear safety, the State Tax Administration of Ukraine as of October 1, 1999, No231/539/118/219 with changes and amendments.

Payers of the Payment for special use of water resources and the Payment for use of waters for hydro energy and water transportation needs are:

Payers of the Payment for special use of water resources and the Payment for use of waters for hydro energy and water transportation needs are: enterprises, establishments and organizations irrespective of forms of ownership, and also citizens – subjects to business activity that use water resources and make use of water for hydro energy and water transportation means needs (further – water users).

The Payment for special use of water resources is levied:

The Payment for special use of water resources is levied for use of water from water objects collected with utilizing buildings or technical constructions, and throwing down return water into them.

The Payment for use of water for hydro energy needs is levied for use of water that is passed through turbines of hydroelectric power stations for energy generation, and for enterprises of water transportation – for use of water while exploitation of waterways by freight, self-propelled, non self-propelled and passenger vehicles.

An object of calculation of the payment for special use of water resources is

An object of calculation of the payment for special use of water resources is a factual volume of water used by water users taking into account the volume of water loses in its water delivery systems.

An object of calculation of the payment for use of water for hydro energy and water transportation needs is:

An object of calculation of the payment for use of water for hydro energy and water transportation needs is:

  • volume of water passed through hydro energy turbines;
  • tonnage (place )- 24 hours of exploitation of freight self-propelled and non self-propelled, and passenger vehicles.

 

The order of calculation of the payment:

Water users individually calculate the payment for special use of water resources including the volume of water, norms of the payment and coefficients.

Volume of actual used water including loses within the established limit
X
Payment standard
X
Coefficient (for separate category of water users is valid up to 2001)
=
Sum of the payment


Use of water used extra limit
X
Payment norm
X
Coefficients (for separate category of water users are valid up to 2001)
X
5
=
Sum of the payment

Volume of use water is defined individually by water users on the ground of data of initial accounting according to the indexes of measuring instruments.

 

Payment for use of water resources is not levied for:

    Water that is used for satisfaction of drinking and health needs of the population, including for satisfaction of exclusively own drinking and health needs of enterprises, establishments, organizations irrespective of form of ownership and citizens – subjects to business activity;
    Water used for fire-prevention needs;
    Water used for outside accomplishment of territories of cities and other settlements;
    Water used in mines for dust stifle;
    Seawater, except for water form estuaries;
    Water collected by research institutions for science research works in field of dew sowing and for production of elite rice sowing;
    Water loosed in highways and inter-economic canals of irrigation systems;
    Ground water excavated from soil for removal of harmful influence of waters (pollution, under flooding, pickling, swamping, land slide, etc.);
    Water collected by enterprises and organizations for satisfaction of issuing underbrush of valuable industrial kinds of fish and other water live resources into nature reservoirs and storage ponds.

The procedure for submitting computations and paying the payment for special use of water resources and the payment for use of water for hydro energy and water transportation needs.

Computation of the payment for special use of water resources and the payment for use of water for hydro energy and water transportation needs (appendix 2-5 to the Instruction) is submitted to the State tax service bodies under the place of location of a taxpayer quarterly by increasing total during 40 calendar days followed the last calendar day of the reporting quarter.

Paying of the payment for special use of water resources is made quarterly by taxpayers during 50 calendar days (40 +10 days) followed the last calendar day of the reporting quarter.

At the same time water users make a statistic report on use of water under the form No2- ?? (vodogosp). Copies of the statistic report are submitted by water users to state tax service bodies simultaneously with submitting forms of computations of the payment for special use of water resources.

Responsibility of taxpayers of the payment for special use of water resources:

Taxpayers of the payment for special use of water resources are responsible for correctness of calculation and timeliness of submitting computations according to valid legislation of Ukraine.