ArmInfo.The four telecom operators of Armenia for the 9 months of 2018 paid a total of 20.6 billion drams or $ 43.4 million to the state budget through taxes, which is 25.6% higher than the previous year. Of this amount, 7.2 billion went to the state treasury for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax) and 8.4 billion for indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax). This is evidenced by the published data of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
In the list of the largest taxpayers among the telecom operators of Armenia, UCom is in the lead, having allocated 7.4 billion drams to the budget for taxes, 1.9 billion drams - for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax) and 4.1 billion drams - indirectly (including VAT, excise tax), took the 13th place in the general list of 1000 largest taxpayers, against the 23rd year earlier.
"MTS Armenia" (VivaCell-MTS trademark) in the general list of 1000 largest taxpayers of the country took 16th position (versus 14th year earlier). MTS Armenia paid 6.6 billion drams to the state treasury for 9 months of 2019, of which 35.2 million drams - for customs duties, 3.1 billion drams - for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax) , 2.1 billion drams - for indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax). VEON Armenia Holdings B.V. (BeeLine trademark), which paid 5.8 billion drams to the budget through taxes, of which 2.8 billion - on direct (including income tax, income tax) and 2.4 million - on indirect (including VAT excise tax), took the 18th place in the general list of 1000 largest taxpayers, against the 26th a year earlier.
JNC Alpha (trademark of Rostelecom) paid 776.5 million drams to the budget for taxes, of which 4.3 million drams for customs duties, 342.3 million for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax) and 421.6 mln - indirectly (including VAT, excise tax), taking 167th place in the general list of 1000 largest taxpayers, against 133 a year earlier.
Recall that over the first 9 months of 2018, the four telecom operators paid a total of 16.4 billion drams to the budget through taxes, of which 7.2 billion drams - for direct taxes, 8.4 billion drams - for indirect taxes. (The calculated exchange rate of the dram as of September 30, 2019 is 475.97 dr / $ 1).