At yesterday's operational meeting at the Lutsk city mayor, the Lutsk tax officials got a scolding. Thus, the mayor of Lutsk, Anton Kryvytskyi, believes that the tax pressure exerted on most small and medium-sized enterprises of the city is often unjustified. Because of such pressure, enterprises re-register in Lutsk district, although they carry out their activities in the city of Lutsk. Because of this trend, the city loses real funds that could be paid to the city by these enterprises in the form of taxes. Separately, Anton Fedorovych touched upon the issue of LuAZ. In particular, he criticized the improper fulfillment by certain local tax officials of instructions "from above," justifying this by saying that "the bosses will sort things out among themselves, and the ones left holding the bag will be the executors." He also reported that he had been called by "Ukrprominvest," which owns a controlling stake in the enterprise, and was told that if the tax pressure does not stop, it will not be a problem for the Concern to move the automobile assembly production to another location, and to "turn the Lutsk automobile plant into a warehouse for cargo transit." Let us recall that tax inspections at LuAZ have been ongoing since September 2003. Before the New Year, the State Tax Inspectorate in the city of Lutsk refused to issue the enterprise a certificate on export VAT reimbursement, which is necessary for customs clearance of components at the border. According to the legislation, such a certificate can be issued within 30 days, which is what the tax officials cited, although previously it was issued within a few hours. As a result of this incident, on December 26 production stopped at the enterprise, and it resumed work only after the New Year.