Persistent culture of tax evasion is formed in the cultural sphere of  Armenia - head of the SRC

ArmInfo. Economic miracle Singapore is not applicable to Armenia, said the head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia David Ananyan on August 10 at a  meeting with journalists.

Earlier, a delegation of the Armenian KGB in the framework of  forthcoming tax The changes went to Singapore to study the  "Singapore-based phenomenon" and its possible application in Armenia.

Currently, according to David Ananyan, the Armenian government is  working on tax reform and is ready to discuss all the proposed  options. As Ananyan noted, they should be divided into three groups:  short-term (through direct taxes - reduction of the tax burden on  income and income tax) that are subject to immediate discussion and  submission to Parliament's approval in order to ensure their entry  into force from the beginning of the next year Medium-term  transformations, anticipating the reduction of alternative systems of  nailing from 5 to 3. They, in spite of the fact that today they can  become the subject of discussion, will be presented to the  legislative body only in the fall of 2019 year. And the third group  is long-term changes, such as the widespread declaration of incomes  and property of the entire population of the country, which are  considered deeper, and their discussion is much longer. As a whole,  as David Ananyan indicated, next year the activities of the financial  authorities of the country on the basis of tax legislation reforms  will be aimed at simplifying the RA Tax Code.  At the same time, as  the head of the Armenian tax and customs authority noted, the  Armenian government, represented by the leadership of the KGB,  attempted to study the "Singapore miracle" on the spot in search of  the "best" tax system and best practices last week. "If today someone  will ask if it's possible to apply this practice to the Armenian tax  system, then I will answer one-half - no," he said.

The problem, as stated by the head of the SRC of RA, is, first of  all, in the absence of the readiness of the population to pay taxes.  "The citizen's credo of Singapore consists in the following:" Our  people, our taxes.  "" Until we privatize this approach, we will not  be able to orientate their methodology, "he said. In addition,  according to him, the ratio of the Singapore taxpayer to the process  is diametrically different "His ideology consists in the following:"  We proceed from the presumption that all taxpayers properly and  accurately carry out their tax obligations, that is, on the one hand,  and the payment of taxes - there is a manifestation of patriotism ",  - said the main tax collector of the country, in razyv Sorry,  something in Armenia operates Sovershenno ynoy devyz, kotoryya  hlasyt, something all taxpayers stremyatsya bow from uplat« taxes.   This, as Ananyan emphasized, is a consequence of the complete lack of  a corresponding culture. "We got it into inheritance from the Soviet  Union - to deceive the state - worthy of respect," he said.

Today, one of the areas where the culture of tax evasion has been  formed "perfectly", as the head of the KGB said, is the sphere of  culture. "For example, we have our favorite singers and singers, they  write and perform patriotic songs, but so far none of them have  submitted a declaration on annual income," said the chairman of the  KGB, stressing that this imperative is already operating for about 25  years It turned out from the figures of culture that only the  composer Tigran Mansoryan presented the corresponding declaration.  David Ananyan will address the issue at the end of September in the  hope that he will then be able to share "good news".