№ 33 December
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February 1, 2000 is the beginning of the
all-republican strike of the businessmen
16.12.99
the all-republican conference of the chairmen of the businessmen’s structures
and organisations was held. The
meeting was "hot". On conference there were representatives of all
regions and. Minsk. The main problem - to start or to not start the strike. During
the conference all "for" and all "against" were
discussed. The businessmen were unanimous in the point that the strike should
be conducted. Those who made speech on the conference marked that fact that
the situation of the businessmen is degraded with each day. The consumer
capacity of the population drops and the state enters new taxes which
increase the cost of the goods. The state on behalf of A. Lukashenko, courts
controlled by him, prosecutor's offices, militia and controlling bodies has
created a system to liquidate the private initiative in the sphere of small
business. The answers getting when the survey of more than 15.000 businessmen
and people working on hiring (interrogation was realised in all regional
centres, Minsk and 23 district centres) has been conducted show that in the
state the huge state system on the extortion of the bribes by the
administration of the markets (for the rent of trade places) and by militia
and tax organs is created. The solution about the beginning of the strike in
February, 2000, minimum for one month is accepted. Why not from 1.01.2000?
There are some reasons. At first, not all regions will be informed about the
strike up to 1.01.2000, therefore, not everyone will have enough time to get
ready to it. Secondly, it is necessary to conduct propaganda and information
activity on this problem. Thirdly, it is necessary to give a chance to the
authority to correct half-delirious Decrees and rules controlling the
businessmen’s activity and the taxation, in fourth, in January, 2000 many
will leave in tempering since there is no trade. The notice: the solution
about the beginning of the strike immediately in case if of a beginning of
mass punitive and confiscation measures on the part of the state start
remains valid. The conference considers that it is
invalid to introduce a value added tax for persons paying the fixed rates of
tax, as, at first, it will sharply increase the final price of the goods.
Secondly, the fixed rate of the tax also was entered as the single tax from
the businessmen’s activity and to supplement this tax by one more tax
superior than the main one in some times is full idiocy. The businessmen has still no
intelligible answer from the government what for to certificate the goods
having certificates of other countries, what for to certificate things which
are not certificated all over the world. Such "certification"
except for increase of the final price of the goods gives nothing. The
customer (price of the goods sharply increases ) suffers, the businessman
suffers (expenses are increased). The inspectors of all layers have fun and
lard. Is it care of safety of the citizens? No! It is a usual hypocrisy and
cheating of the inspectors. Money from air. Nothing make and get money for
the certification of the goods which is not necessary to anybody. Why
hypocrisy? Because the real certification can be conducted only in conditions
of a firm-manufacturer. It was very necessary to certificate a great many of
the goods. It was necessary to us to call a strike on September 1, 1999 – the
list of the goods which are the subject to obligatory certification has
sharply decreased. About what does it says? That the
certification is necessary only for the officials. They have frightened of
strikes and reduced the list. The safety of the citizens in this state
interests nobody but all are covered by it. The businessmen want to achieve one - to
pay taxes and quietly to work. Really do not those who have the authority in
their hands understand it?! Abstract from the protocol
of the conference from 16.12.99, Minsk
Listened: About the situation in the
field of development of business and taxation in regions and Minsk. Decided: 1. To consider the situation in the
Republic of Belarus in the field of development of business and taxation as
invalid critical. 2. To consider widespread bribes on the
part of the employees of militia and tax services when the goods are
transported and realised as the crime against the citizens. To mark out that
fact that the favourable conditions for racket, extortion of bribes and
mockeries at the businessmen is created by the state by issuing the
appropriate Decrees and subordinate legislation. Listened: About realisation of the
actions of the protest in January February, 2000. Decided: 1. To conduct 31.01.2000 the meeting in
Minsk to protect economical and other rights of the businessmen and other
citizens of the Republic of Belarus. To establish a target voluntary fee to
realise this meeting at a rate of 0.2 minimal wages. The collections to
realise this meeting should be conducted on the slips of the established
example (forms of the strict reporting) by the person specially authorised
for this. 2. To begin the all-republican strike of
the businessmen with 1.02.2000 with the termination of payment of taxes and
other payments. Our requirements: 1) Cancellation (simplification) of the
obligatory book keeping for people who have paid the fixed rates of taxes. 2) To pronounce "moratorium"
to increase the rates of the fixed tax. 3)Cancellation of the value added tax
(VAT) for persons paying the fixed rates of the tax. 4) Cancellation of the obligatory
certification and hygienic registration of the goods for the goods realised
in the markets with an obligatory checkmark "the goods is not certificated
in RB". An admission of the certificates of other countries. 5) Cancellation of the decrees of A.
Lukashenko #14 and #40. 6) To stop extortion of bribes on the
part of militia, tax inspectors and administrations of the markets, workers
of executive committees. 7) To stop rackets and extortion on the
part of the government officials when the goods are transported from Russia
in Belarus. 2.1. To conduct surveys concerning the
actions of the protest in 2000. 2.2. Questions on payment for the rent of
places should be decided individually in each market. Listened: organisational problems to
create republican organisations (of businessmen, taxpayers, customers,
voters, party) Decided: 1. To create the republican trade union of the
businessmen. To assign the constituent congress on the second half of
January-beginning of February, 2000. To publish the project of the Charter of
the trade union in the Bulletin "Businessman". To create a working
group on the analysis of the remarks and additions in the project of the
Charter. 2. To create the republican (branch)
trade union of the businessmen at STUB (January-February, 2000) 3. To organise work to create the
Republican organisations on different directions: Protection of the rights of the
taxpayers, Protection of the rights of customers, Voters, Female organisation of the businessmen, Youth and children's organisations, Charitable organisation (February - April 2000) 4. To conduct interrogation (survey) about
the necessity of creation of a party (of businessmen of a middle class). December, 1999 - first half of January,
2000. Financing of these programs should be
executed at the expense of own and attracted means. To appoint responsible persons for spent
measures according to appendix #1 to this protocol. General management to fulfil this
protocol should be assigned V. S. Levonevsky. We will rent rooms in Grodno and Minsk as
an office, educational class, house, phone/fax (0152) 31-30-62, 72-00-72, pager (0152) 73-00-00 subscriber
№ 95200, Е-mail: levonevski@mail.ru (mailto:levonevski@imail.ru), Grodno_Our_city@mail.ru Fools
December 12 in Brest at the central
market (collective-farm) the members of the Free trade union of the
businessmen Oleg Podgaetsky and Dmitry Podgaetsky who distributed the
trade-union literature and conducted survey (interrogation) of the
businessmen about extortion of bribes on the part of tax and law enforcement
bodies were arrested. Oleg and Dmitry had been kept in militia more than two
hours without the basis. They were forced to give testimonies against
themselves, they were limited in the rights, they were threatened to be
beaten by special means and to be arrested for 15 day. Even in a toilet they
were forbidden to go during the detention. The protocol of the detention as a
rule was not made. And the active workers of the trade union were released
because they did not give "frank" admissions. The employees of Militia prohibited
(!!!) Oleg and Dmitry to come in Brest and “said” that they shouls
immediately leave Brest. Such actions of the employers of militia
are estimated by us as an outrage, breaches of rights of the trade union,
exceeding of the authority, illegal limitation of the rights and legitimate
interests of the citizens. Why were the keepers of the order in
Brest so disturbed. Maybe, questions in the Questionnaire connected with the extortion
of bribes at the market by the militiamen in ? There is something to think
about …. to prosecutor's office of Brest. Whether it is possible to call those who
is given the power and is engaged in the above described "nonsense” as
the normal people. And in the meantime Oleg and Dmitry again are going to
visit Brest to distribute the new trade-union literature. "OUR CITY"
December 14, 1999 in the Puppet Theatre
of Grodno the charitable Action (continuation of a number of the charitable
Actions "OUR CITY") was held. About three hundred children looked the
performance "Three pigs", got gifts and sweets from the businessmen
of Grodno. The gifts were formed at the expense of means of the Grodno trade
union of the businessmen (the head is A. Vasiliev), Grodno organisation of
the Working Women (GOWW-the head is M. A. Levonevskaya), Free Trade union of
the workers of the joint company "Alforma" (the head is I. I.
Bairashevskaya), personal means of some businessmen. According to the women-mothers such a
holiday, when gifts are given to their children, they saw for the first time.
At the same day the charitable action in the Children's house (60 children)
was held. The organisers of the Action express
personal thanks for the help in organisation of this measure to: Oleg Podgaetsky, Dmitry Podgaetsky, Oleg Shumel, Victor Podchinenkov, Marat Yunosov, Vladimir Sovtsa, Irina Ivanovna Bairashevskaya (GOWW) Lidia Ivanovna Zatsepina (GOWW) Elizaveta Adolphophna Zatsepina (GOWW) Marina Alexandrona Levonevskaya (GOWW) Anna Ivanovna Sevastnovich (GOWW) Elena Lvovna Tolstopyatova (GOWW) Natalia Leonidovna Panchuk (GOWW) Anna Ivanovna Budnik (GOWW) Anzhela Evgenievna Davydik (GOWW) To the employees of children's
sanatorium "Belarus" of Druskininkai. 30.12.99 we are going to congratulate
children from the Children's house (parents of whom are deprived of the
mother rights) the "chiefs" of which we became on own initiative.
We invite all businessmen and simply citizens to participate in our
charitable actions (phone/fax (0152) 31-30-62 Marina Alexandrovna) pager
73-00-00 subscriber 95200. E-mail: grbotg@mail.ru How can a businessman leave on a holiday
January-February
is time of holidays for businessmen. Each citizen has the right to rest. This
right is fixed in the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Many
businessmen before leaving on a holiday do not know how to do this. The local
tax bodies, the administrations of the markets have complicated this process
and now they nothing understand. Let's begin from the tax inspection. If
you leave on a holiday equally for one month from the first number of month
it is not necessary to write any applications in the tax body. The
requirement to write an application to leave on a holiday is illegal and is
controlled by article 167 of the criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (CC
RB) "Exceeding one's authority or service authorities" and is the
breach of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (compulsion to fulfil
duties unforeseen by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus and its
laws). A businessman has the right to write the application on a holiday but
is not obliged to do this (in this case). You can, for self-calm, submit the
appropriate application. The tax organ is obliged to accept this application.
Other business, when you are going to star working in the middle of a month.
Then you should in the application to point days when you are going to start
to trade and you pay taxes only for these days. There are cases when the
applications are not taken by the tax inspections. This is a direct breach of
the laws of the Republic of Belarus "About the State Tax
Inspection" and "About the appealing of the citizens". You can
get material compensation from this inspection through the court for the
intellectual harm. Any applications of the citizens the tax organ is obliged
to take to consideration. The connection between the rent of trade places and
payment of taxes is far-fetched. None of the legislative acts foreseen such a
connection. Therefore the requirement of the tax body to pay taxes because
you have paid the rent of a trade place is illegal. Demand the written
disposals to pay taxes in case of your holiday from the tax body. Example of the application in the tax
body: To the head of ISTC on Leninsky district
of Minsk (You indicate that tax organ in which
you are registered) I.I. Sidorova, living (indicate the
address) The application I inform you that I leave on a holiday
from 1.02.2000 for the period of one month. If necessary to submit any
additional documents or payments I ask you to let me know (in writing). Date
signature. The application is submitted in duplicate
(one remains for you) in the reception of a tax inspection or is sent by mail
by the certified letter. In the administration of the market one
writes the similar application. To the head of the market (naming of the
market, city) I.I. Sidorov, living (indicate the
address) The application As I leave on a holiday from 1.02.2000
to 1.03.2000, I ask to keep my work place number 555 over me on time of a
holiday. Date
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