Tax revenues over-performed by 8,9 billion in Q1 despite coronavirus crisis, says Pashinyan

11:56, 6 May, 2020

YEREVAN, MAY 6, ARMENPRESS. The government budget’s tax revenues in Q1 2020 have been over-performed by 8,9 billion drams, while a 20 billion over-performance was forecast if the coronavirus situation were not to happen, PM Nikol Pashinyan said in parliament.

“On March 13th, we fully entered a crisis phase with all its parameters, and despite this the 2020 first quarter tax revenues were over-performed by 8,9 billion drams,” Pashinyan said.

Editing and Translated by Stepan Kocharyan

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