TATUL MANASERIAN: REGIONAL ADAPTATION OF TAXATION SHOULD BE DONE FOR
PROPORTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES

YEREVAN, JUNE 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Regional adaptation of taxation should
be done for proportional development of Armenian communities. Economist
Tatul Manaserian expressed this opinion at the June 29 press
conference. According to him, businessmen of Yerevan and marzes
(provinces) operate in different conditions so it is wrong to impose
the same taxes on them. Welcoming the government’s steps aimed at
decentralizing the economy, he said the country has resources for this
and it is just necessary to display a proffesional approach.

The speaker noted that the hypercentralization of business leads to
internal migration from provinces to the capital city. In T.
Manaserian’s words, about 300 Armenian settlements have already become
desolate. But they can be made attractive to businessmen and thus be
developed by creation of free or special economic zones in these areas.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress