Tuesday, November 1 2016 18:56

ArmInfo. K-Telecom  (VivaCell-MTS brand) tops the list of the largest taxpayers among the  communications service providers of Armenia. In Jan-Sept 2016, the  company paid 10.7 bln AMD in taxes, including 6.6 bln AMD in direct  taxes (profit tax, income tax inclusive), and 4.1 bln AMD in indirect  taxes (VAT, excise tax inclusive). K-Telecom is on the 7th position  on the list of the top 1000 taxpayers of Armenia (4th position a year  before). 

The State Revenue Committee of Armenia reports that in Jan-Sept 2016  five communications service providers paid a total of 24.2 bln AMD in  taxes, including 12.8 bln AMD in direct taxes and 11.4 bln AMD in  indirect taxes. 

Armenia Telephone Company (Beeline trademark) paid 9.1 bln AMD,  including 4.3 bln AMD in direct taxes and 4.8 bln AMD in indirect  taxes. The company was the 10th on the list of the top 1000 taxpayers  (7th position a year before). 

Ucom paid 3.1 bln AMD, including 1.4 bln AMD in direct taxes and 1.7  bln AMD in indirect taxes. The company was the 25th on the list of  the top 1000 taxpayers (75th position a year before). 

Orange Armenia (which has merged with UCom) paid 782.4 mln AMD in  taxes, including 210.7 mln AMD in direct taxes and 571.7 mln AMD in  indirect taxes. The company was the 119th among the top 1000  taxpayers (34th position a year before). 

GNC-Alfa (Rostelecom trademark) paid 476.2 mln AMD, including 385.6  mln AMD in direct taxes and 90.6 mln AMD in indirect taxes. The  company was the 191st among the top 1000 taxpayers (217th position a  year before). 

To note, in Jan-Sept 2015, the five providers paid a total of 29.8  bln AMD in taxes, with the share of K- Telecom (VivaCell-MTS) being  13.7 bln AMD. (On 30 Sept 2016, the AMD/USD exchange rate was 474.46  AMD/$1).