Arka News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006

1000 LARGEST ARMENIAN TAX PAYERS TRANSFER AMD 136.7BLN TO STATE
BUDGET IN 3RD Q 2006

YEREVAN, October 26. /ARKA/. Armenia’s 1000 largest tax payers
transferred about AMD 136.7bln to the state budget in the third
quarter 2006. According to the official list, issued by the State Tax
Service, the tax service officers collected AMD 76.7bln, and customs
officers – AMD 60mln.
The five leaders still top the list. The Zangezur copper and
molybdenum factory ranks first. It paid the taxes for a total of AMD
13.4bln in January-September 2006. Then comes ArmenTel
Telecommunications Company – AMD 8.3bln, and the third is the
ArmRosgasprom Company, which paid the taxes for AMD 5.6bln.
"Flash" oil trader company and Armenian Electric Networks Company
rank 4th and 5th. The paid AMD 4bln and 3.4bln respectively.
The first hundred of the largest tax payers in the list are such
well-know enterprises as the Canadian joint enterprise Grand Tobacco
(almost AMD 2.2bln), International Masis Tabak (AMD 2bln), the
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (AMD 1.86bln), "Armenia International
Airports" CJSC (AMD 1.25bln),
Armenia-Lada (1.17bln), MIKA Armenia Trading (935.7mln), and also the
Yerevan Brandy Factory (845.1lmln), HSBC Bank Armenia (640.5mln),
Armenian Railways (487.6mln), Coca Cola Hellenic Bottlers Company
(426.9mln). ($1 – AMD 380.37). R.O. -0–