An off-site extended board meeting was held in Kovel, where the results of the work of the bodies of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the region for 2003 were reviewed, the press service of the Volyn Regional State Administration reported. At the meeting it was noted that last year the budget of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the region received 481,254.9 thousand hryvnias from all sources of financing, which is 9.9 percent more compared to the previous year. The tax debt as of January 1, 2004 amounted to 4,839.6 thousand hryvnias. Almost 92 percent of the tax debt falls on debtors in the cities of Lutsk, Novovolynsk and Kovel, and the Kivertsi, Kovel and Manevychi districts. The meeting was also attended by the heads of the departments of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the cities and districts of the region, and the heads of savings banks of Volyn.