TAX COLLECTION FROM MAJOR TAXPAYERS REDUCES 32.1% IN ARMENIA

/ARKA/
April 22, 2009
YEREVAN

Collection of tax and other fixed payments from 325 major taxpayers
to the Armenian state budget reduced 32.1% down to 10.7bln Drams in
February 2009 as compared with the year before, says the analysis
of the results of monitoring among major taxpayers for February 2009
posted on the website of Armenia’s State Revenues Committee.

325 major taxpayers paid 39.3% of the overall tax proceeds in the
country.

Three organizations ("ArmRosgasprom", "Electric Networks of Armenia",
Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Factory) transferred to the state budget
by 3.8bln Drams less in February this year than in February last year.

Armenia’s State Revenues Committee developed and analyzed summarized
indicators of monitoring of tax payments by major taxpayers in
February.