ARMENIAN TAX SERVICE TO COLLECT "EXTRA" MONEY FOR BUDGET – OPPOSITION PAPER
Haykakan Zhamanak
Dec 6 2008
Armenia
The head of the investigation department of Armenia’s State Income
Committee, Ashot Giziryan, has received a strict instruction to bring
an extra 1bn dram [about 3.2m dollars] in the state budget in December
by means of tax inspection acts.
According to well-informed sources, he must carry out inspections
at businesses and prepare acts for extra money totalling one billion
drams. The list of the businesses subject to inspections is long that,
according to assessments, no longer than 10 minutes can be spent on
each inspection.
The "inspection" will have the following mechanism: employees of the
tax service will call a businessman to their office and prepare,
let’s say a 5m-dram [about 16m dollars] act against him. If the
businessman does not agree, they will prepare a 10m-dram act [about
33m dollars]. "So go to court," the tax service will suggest the
businessman. Courts have also received the same strict instruction
not to satisfy businessmen’s claims against the State Income Committee.