Problems of defining the tax burden of enterprises

The article deals with the current problems and features on the issue of defining the tax burden of enterprises. The main difficulties are associated with the diversity of methods and the specifics of the constantly changing tax legislation in consequence of which economic obstacles arise for the development of the state economy as a whole. Information analysis and its tabular presentation are used in the role of research methods. As a result, the recommendations on optimizing the burden on business and on harmonizing approaches to calculating the amount of the tax burden are presented.