ArmInfo.Four communications operators of Armenia paid 9.6 billion drams or $ 41 million in taxes to the state budget in the 9 months of 2017, which is 16.2% lower than the figure of the previous year. Of this amount, 6.6 billion was received in the state treasury for direct taxes (including profit tax, income tax) and 7.1 billion for indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax). This is evidenced by the published data of the RA State Revenue Committee.
MTS Armenia (the VivaCell-MTS trademark) is in the list of the largest taxpayers among Armenian telecoms operators, ranking 12th in the list of 1000 largest taxpayers of the country. "MTS Armenia" paid 7.5 billion drams to the state budget for 9 months of 2017, of which 287.2 million drams - on customs duties, 2.73 billion drams - on direct taxes (including profit tax, income tax), 2.72 billion drams - for indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).
"Armenia Telephone Company" (BeeLine trademark), charged 6.8 bln drams to the budget through taxes, of which 2.1 bln - on direct (including profit tax, income tax) and 3.2 mln - on indirect (in including VAT, excise tax), customs duty payments amounted to 950.4 million drams, ranked 14th in the total list of 1000 largest taxpayers, compared to the 10th year earlier.
UCom, which paid 4.7 bln drams to the budget for taxes, out of which 848.3 million drams - on customs duties, 1.5 billion drams - on direct (including income tax, income tax) and 904.3 million drams - on indirect (including VAT, excise tax), took the 16th place in the general list of 1000 largest taxpayers, against 25th year earlier.
JNC Alfa (a trademark of Rostelecom) paid out 619.5 million drams to the budget on taxes, of which 78.1 million drams - on customs duties, 309.5 million on direct taxes (including income tax, income tax) and 278.6 million - indirect (including VAT, excise tax), ranking in the general list of 1000 largest taxpayers 163rd place, against 191 the year before.
Note that the data on Orange in the list of the largest taxpayers in Armenia are no longer figured due to the merger with UCom (the merger started in the second half of 2015).
It should be recalled that in the first 9 months of 2016, four telecom operators paid a total of 23.4 billion drams to the budget through the taxes, of which 9.1 billion drams fell on the share of Armenia Telephone Company (BeeLine trademark). (Estimated exchange rate for September 30, 2017 was 478.41 dr / $ 1).