Each citizen of Ternopil region who receives official salary or declares income can confidently claim about financial support to the national army. Because each citizen pays the military levy that goes to the general fund of the state budget and then - for army needs. Thus, the law stipulates that this payment is compulsory for individuals.
In the context of the numbers, the taxpayers of Ternopil region transferred 290 million 235.5 thousand UAH of the military levy in 2019. Herewith, expected revenues have increased by 5.4 million UAH. Compared to January-December 2018, revenues of the military levy have increased by 43 million 898.4 thousand UAH or 17.8%. That is in average the taxpayers paid almost 24.2 million UAH per month.
It should be reminded that the military levy has been introduced in Ukraine since August 2014 as an additional source of funding and support for the Army which is performing missions in the Joint Forces Area. The collection rate is 1.5%.