IMPROVEMENT OF TAX AND CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION BRINGS POSITIVE RESULTS

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA President Robert Kocharian
informed reporters on March 11 that in the two first months of
2005, the state budget was overfulfilled. According to him, the
recent discussions on the issues of improving the tax and customs
administration have brought their positive results. According to the
President, the more stable the state budget, the more useful it is for
the country. NT: It is noteworthy that in January, 2005, the revenues
and official transfers of the RA state budget grew 58.1% compared with
January, 2004, and made 28 bln 30.7 mln drams (about 61.7 mln USD). In
the month under review, the current revenues of the budget grew 58.1%
to 27 bln 937.2 mln drams. The tax revenues increased 23.3% to 19
bln 479.6 mln drams, whereas the state duty revenues decreased 4.6%
to 837.4 mln drams. The budget made 16 bln 496.4 mln drams in Janyary.