ArmInfo.The actual tax collections of the Armenian state treasury in the first 5 months of 2021 exceeded the comparable figure for 2020 and 2019. On June 2 the Chairman of the State Revenues Committee of Armenia Edward Hovhannisyan told the journalists about it in the parliament.
In particular, the actual tax collections of the state treasury in January-May of this year amounted to 618.4 billion drams, which is 34.8 billion drams more than the comparable figure in 2020 and 47.2 billion drams more than the comparable figure in 2019. The amount returned to enterprises and individuals (VAT, excise tax, interest for servicing a mortgage loan) amounted to 68.6 billion drams.
At the same time, as Hovhannisyan pointed out, this year an amount was returned that exceeded the same indicator for 2020 and 2019. - For 5 months of 2020, 52.8 billion drams were returned, in 2019 - 43.4 billion drams.
The chairman of the SRC refrained from announcing the final annual indicator of tax revenues to the state treasury, which he expected, but assured that they would strive to collect as much taxes as possible. "The program indicator, laid down in the state budget, will be fulfilled by the end of the year," he said.
To note, according to the approved state budget for 2021, state treasury revenues will amount to 1 trillion 509 billion 462 million 935 thousand drams. Tax revenues (tax collection and state duty) will amount to 1 trillion 440 billion 136 million 839.5 thousand drams.
