SCIENCE DUTY ON COMPANIES

Lragir.am
25 April 06

On April 25 Member of Parliament Tatul Manaseryan held a debate on his
new bill at the National Academy of Sciences. The member of parliament
is going to introduce the bill on the science duty to the National
Assembly. Tatul Manaseryan has thus foreseen certain tax privileges
and a new kind of duty. In accordance with the bill introduced by
the member of parliament, the companies which promote development
of science, the use new technologies and bring into being scientific
researches, will have certain tax privileges. It is not clear, however,
what privileges exactly are foreseen. The member of parliament says
these public debates are organized to solve these problems. These
debates will also allow deciding the size of the duty. The member of
parliament finds that the science duty should be imposed on companies
which are not related to science. The author of the bill finds that the
size of the duty and other details should be decided through debates.