president.am, Armenia
Feb 27 2010
President Sargsyan conducted a working meeting on the issue of
improvement the tax management
Today, President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a working meeting on the
issue of improvement the tax management. The meeting was conducted
with the participation of the Prime Minister Tigran Sarkissian, Head
of Presidential Staff, the Ministers of Finance and Justice, Head of
the National Security Service, Chief of Police, Prosecutor General,
Chairman of the Committee of State Revenues, Head of the Presidential
Oversight Board, and other officials.
President Sargsyan drew attention of the participants of the meeting
to the necessity of conducting coordinated fight against the negative
trends in the area of tax collection. The President of Armenia
stressed that in order to solve the existing problems along with other
measures it would be essential also to synchronize the interagency
cooperation.
Serzh Sargsyan stressed the importance of reducing opportunities for
the development of shadow economy and enforcement of a proper
documentation flow in business interactions. President Sargsyan gave
instructions to the Heads of relevant agencies and ordered to combine
efforts and fight more efficiently against sham turnovers, sale of
phony documentation on different products and similar corrupt actions.
`We mustn’t take a break. The task in front of us is not only to
prevent this kind of occurrences from burgeoning but also to take
drastic steps to eliminate vicious chains coming from the past,’ the
President of Armenia underscored.