ArmenPress
Feb 16 2005

KOCHARIAN REITERATES OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ACTIVITY OF TAX AUTHORITIES

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, ARMENPRESS: President Kocharian met today
with the chief of the state taxation service Felix Tsolakian to
discuss some issues regarding collection of taxes and mandatory
social payments in the first quarter of the year.
Kocharian’s press office quoted Tsolakian as saying that tax
revenues in January amounted to 11.3 billion drams, by 2 billion more
against the 2004 January, while collection of mandatory social
payments was 3.4 billion, by 1.1 billion more than in 2004 January.
The two men also discussed the pace of solving a set of problems
outlined during Kocharian’s visit to state taxation service earlier
this year. Kocharian was said to reiterate the necessity of open and
transparent work of the service, adding also that “the people should
now who fails to fulfill their duties and why.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress