State TV channels CTV, ONT tax-exempt again
Lukashenka orders to waive taxes for two state-owned channels.
The state leader amended the decree "On state support to TV and radio companies" dated 2009. The decree expired in 2012, and the expiry date was changed to 2015.
Thus, the closed joint-stock companies "The 2nd National TV-Channel" (ONT) and "Capital Television" (CTV) will continue receiving "state support in the form of the republican budget subsidies within the limits of taxes for income and VAT for the entrepreneur activity", paid to the budget within this period, till December 31, 2015. Besides, the finance should be directed to creation and development of the TV channel's bases, film production, buying of rights for broadcasting audio-visual products and creation of original programs.
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