Only licensed taxi services to be allowed to serve passengers from  Sept 1, 2024 

ArmInfo.From September 1, taxis in Armenia will be allowed only with a license. The State  Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia has issued a similar reminder once again.

The SRC report notes that companies operating through online orders  are required to provide the driver's passport or ID card data, as  well as his public card number, to the tax service. After that, the  taxi driver receives an individual taxpayer number within one working  day. Taxi drivers who take orders on their own must also connect to  the Committee's electronic system and undergo identification. Every  month, all taxi drivers must submit an electronic application for the  intention to carry out taxi transportation by the 10th day of each  month.

At the same time, taxi drivers will not need to buy cash registers,  since receipts for trips are recorded electronically. If a taxi  driver is connected to the online platform, his program issues an  electronic receipt, sends it to the customer, withholds fees from  trips, which are transferred to the SRC. The same will apply to  private carriers, they must download the relevant program of the  Committee, from which receipts will be automatically submitted.

The duty on taxi rides with cashless payment

from September 1, 2024 will be charged at the rate of 2% of the cost  of the trip,

from January 1, 2025 - 3.5%,

from January 1, 2026 - 5%. For cashless payment, the duty from  September 1, 2024 will be 1%,

from January 1, 2025 - 2.5% and

from January 1, 2026 - 4%. For an order for 1 thousand drams, the  duty

from September 1 until the end of the year will be 20 drams for cash  payment, and 15 drams for cashless payment.

The State Revenue Committee's message notes that the Committee's  electronic system independently calculates all duties and collects  them every month. Only private taxi drivers pay the tax themselves;  in all other cases, the online platform takes care of everything. As  for service providers via electronic platforms (Yandex, Utaxi, and  others), they will have to pay a duty of 1 million drams per year.  For taxi services, the license is 100 thousand drams per year for one  to four cars and 200 thousand drams for more than 4 cars.  For  non-payment of duties, a one-time fine of 500 thousand drams (about  $1,290) and a penalty of 0.075% of the amount of debt for each day of  delay are charged.