KIEV, May 22 – Ukrainian companies located on territories occupied by pro-Russian separatists in Donbas paid only UAH 6.27 million in taxes to the central government in 2016, a senior official said Monday.

Viktoria Voitsytska, a member of the reformist Samopomich group, reported figures citing data from the State Fiscal Service.

In particular, enterprises that changed their legal addresses to those on the territories controlled by government paid last year UAH 2.191 billion (including UAH 1.759 billion in taxes and UAH 432.073 million in customs payments) to the consolidated budget of Ukraine. In addition, they transferred single social contribution totaling UAH 457.493 million. These companies' tax arrears stand at UAH 457.493 million.