Armenian president and government officials discusses ways for radical
improvement of tax administration

YEREVAN, February 26, /ARKA/. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan
convened today a special meeting to discuss ways for radical
improvement of tax administration, his press office reported.

It said the president called the attention of the participants to the
necessity of fighting against all negative phenomena that hamper tax
collection. The president underlined that among other measures, it is
necessary to deepen the inter-agency cooperation.

Serzh Sargsyan emphasized also the need for reducing the share of
shadow economy and ensuring proper documentation handling.

The head of the government issued instruction to heads of government
agencies and demanded that they join their efforts to raise the
efficiency of fighting the informal sector, sale of fake invoices and
other similar crimes.

`We have no right to stop. Our task is not only to prevent further
rise of such phenomena, but to take also all possible actions to
eliminate these vice circle,’ he said.

The meeting was attended by prime minister Tigran Sargsyan, head of
presidential staff, ministers of finance and agriculture, chief of the
National Security Service, chief of police, prosecutor general, chief
of State Revenues Committee, chief of presidential auditing service
and other officials. -0-