January 10, 2005

Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of December 31, 2004 No. 1695 brings in alterations and amendments to the Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of March 18, 2004 No. 308 freeing some economic entities from paying the state duty. The provisions established for the year 2004, are now valid for 2004-2005.

Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of December 31, 2004 No. 1685 brings in alternations to the Decision of the Council of Ministers of December 31, 2002 No. 1846 On establishing Temporal Rates of Customs Duties for the Goods Imported to the Customs Territory of the Republic of Belarus. For the goods mentioned in the Decision the temporal customs rates are valid till January 1, 2006.

Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of December 30, 2004 No. 1669 amends the appendix 2 to the Decision of the Council of Ministers of April 8, 2002 No. 440 On Measures to Improve the Regulation of Export and Import of Goods. The changes concern the export of timber and wood the export of which is licensed by the Ministry of Trade. According to the changes such licenses are agreed with the republican enterprise Bellesbumprom.

Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of December 30, 2004 No. 1666 brings in changes into the Decision of the Council of Ministers of December 1, 1990 No. 1846 establishing that export of some timber materials by legal persons and individual entrepreneurs is carried out only with the participation of export and industry republican unitary enterprise Bellesexport, trade republican unitary enterprise Bellesbumpromexport and republican unitary enterprise Belvneshtorginvest.

Decision of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus of December 24, 2004 No. 136 changes the Order of the State Tax Committee of March 23, 1999 No. 46 setting the amount of annual personal income taxable and the rates of the tax for the different sums. The annual personal income taxable under 9 percent rate shall be not more than 5.760.000 rubles in 2005.