ArmInfo. Zangezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine took first place in the list of large taxpayers of Armenia, paying 24.6 billion AMD to the state budget in the first half of 2018, out of which 600.7 million AMD - on customs duties, 10.1 billion AMD - on direct taxes (in vol. including profit tax, income tax), 14.6 billion AMD - on indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).
According to the published data of the RA State Revenue Committee, the top five leaders paid a total of 71.9 billion AMD to the budget on taxes (with an annual growth of 25.2%), of which 23.4 billion - in direct taxes (including profit tax , tax on income) and 55.7 billion - on indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).
For the first time since 2012, "Gazprom Armenia" (the former "ArmRosgazprom") has gone down from the first to the second position in the list of large taxpayers. The third place was occupied by the Armenian- Canadian joint venture Grand Tobacco before the second year earlier, followed by OOO Geopromining Gold, which occupied the sixth position a year earlier. The five leaders are closed by the Cee PS Oil Corporation, which occupied the 7th position a year earlier. Philip Morris Armenia (6th position, against the 10th year earlier), followed by Alex Holding in the top ten (8th position against the 4th year earlier), JCT Armenia position, against the 16th year earlier) and "International Masis Tabak" (10th position, against the 9th year earlier).
"Gazprom Armenia" paid 20.7 billion AMD to the state budget in the first half of 2018, out of which 114.6 million AMD - on customs duties, 3.4 billion AMD - on direct taxes (including profit tax, income tax) , 17.4 billion AMD - on indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).
Tax payments to the Armenian-Canadian JV "Grand Tobacco" to the budget amounted to 16.7 billion AMD, of which 5.5 billion AMD - on direct taxes (including profit tax, income tax), 11.2 billion drams - on indirect Taxes (including VAT, excise tax). Payments on customs duties amounted to 2.2 billion AMD.
The payments of GeoPromining Gold to the budget amounted to 8.8 billion AMD, of which 706 million AMD - on customs duties, 4.4 billion AMD - on direct taxes, 4.4 billion AMD - on indirect taxes.
Tax payments of the company "CIP-AS Oil Corporation" amounted to 8.2 billion AMD, including. on direct taxes - 91.1 million AMD and indirect - 8.1 billion AMD. Payments on the customs duty of the composition or - 638.6 million AMD.
To note, in the first half of 2017, TOP-5 included JSC Gazprom Armenia (holding the championship since 2012), JV Grand Tobacco, Electric Networks of Armenia, Alex Holding, and Zangezour Molybdenum Combine, which in total listed to the budget in the line of taxes 71.9 billion drams, of which 22.5 billion - on direct taxes (including profit tax, income tax) and 42.3 billion - on indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax). (The calculated exchange rate of AMD as of 30.06.2018 was 482.24 dr / $ 1).
