ArmInfo.The list of 1000 major taxpayers of Armenia in the first quarter of 2021, as well as a year earlier, continues to be headed by Gazprom Armenia, which paid 18.7 billion drams to the state treasury (with an annual increase of 5.6%), of which 21.2 million drams - for customs duties, 1.4 billion drams. AMD-for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax), AMD 16.9 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.
The top five paid a total of 51.4 billion drams in taxes to the budget (with an annual increase of 10%), of which 19.6 billion - in direct taxes (including income tax, income tax) with an annual increase of 3 times, and 22.2 billion drams - in indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax) with an annual decline of 41.1%. In total, 1000 large taxpayers of Armenia paid 260.2 billion drams to the state treasury for the first quarter of 2021, exceeding the figure of a year ago by 6%.
For the first time, the second place was taken by the state department represented by the Staff of the RA Ministry of Defense, which paid over 15 billion drams to the state treasury, of which 12.7 billion drams for income tax and 1.9 billion drams for VAT.
The third place against the 6th place a year earlier, was taken by the Zangezur copper-molybdenum Combine (ZMMK), paying 9.7 billion drams to the state budget (with an annual growth of 2.7 times), of which 396.6 million drams for customs duties, 3.4 billion drams for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax), 370.3 million drams for indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax). The company came down to the fourth place from last year's 3rd, having paid 5.4 billion drams to the state budget (with an annual decline of 24%), of which 874.2 million drams. AMD for customs duties, AMD 993.6 million for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax), AMD 2.6 billion for indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).
Completing the top five is GeoProMining, which occupied the 11th position a year earlier. The company increased payments to the state treasury by 37% to 3.7 billion drams, of which 203.1 million drams for customs duties and 1 billion drams for direct taxes. AMD, and indirect - 189.2 million drams.
If we do not take into account the state agency (the office of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia) that appears in the TOP-5 for the first time in the list of the 1000 largest taxpayers of Armenia, then the telecommunications company MTS Armenia, which was in 6th place (against 5th a year earlier), would remain in the top five. The company reduced payments to the state treasury by 10.2% to 3.5 billion drams , of which 2.9 million drams were paid for customs duties and 1.2 billion for direct taxes. AMD, and indirect - 1.5 billion drams.
After them in the top ten are JV "Grand Tobacco" (7th position, against the 2nd a year earlier), oil trader < Flush> (8th position, against the 9th a year earlier), (9th position, against the 7th a year earlier) and < CPS Oil Corporation> (10th position, against the 4th a year earlier). It should be noted that according to the results of the first quarter of 2020, the TOP-5 included Gazprom Armenia CJSC, Grand Tobacco Joint Venture, International Masis Tobacco, CPS Oil Corporation and MTS Armenia. In total, they transferred 46.7 billion drams to the budget (with an annual growth of 11.5%), of which 6.6 billion-for direct taxes (including income tax, income tax) and 37.7 billion drams-for indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).