Founder of Mantashyants business unioin critical of Armenia`s State  Revenue Committee 

ArmInfo.  From 2019 to 2024, 10,779 lawsuits were filed against the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of the Republic of Armenia. Only 1,257 court decisions were made in favor of the SRC, 7,163 against, the rest are under investigation. It turns out that the SRC loses about 80% of court cases. Meanwhile, business and the economy suffer, and the country's reputation is irreparably damaged. This point of view was expressed on a social network by the co-founder and head of the Union of Entrepreneurs   Vahram Mirakyan,

, - Mirakyan noted. The  problem is aggravated by the fact that the State Revenue Committee,  with its wrong decisions, is harming the economy and business of  Armenia.

Vahram Mirakyan tries to explain .

1. Step one. The State Revenue Committee makes a (which, as we remember, will be 80% incorrect). As soon  as the alleged violation of the exceeds  10 million drams, the State Revenue Committee transfers the case to  the Investigative Committee for investigation.

2. The Investigative Committee has no right not to respond to the  application and initiates a criminal case against the business, and  often takes tough measures, such as prohibiting the business's  activities, detaining the entrepreneur,   against the business and other similar actions in the style of  anti-terrorist activities.

3. The businessman either goes to prison or, if he can, pays the  amount calculated on the basis of the State Revenue Committee's  and does not go to prison.

4. The businessman files a lawsuit against the State Revenue  Committee, because he is sure that the   came to an incorrect figure, and we already know that statistics show  that in 80% of cases the State Revenue Committee loses due to  incorrect calculations.

5. As a result, we have a business paralyzed for 1-2-3 or 6 months,  the development of which stops or regresses, tax revenues from the  business decrease, the entrepreneur loses motivation to develop in  the legal space of the Republic of Armenia, etc.

6. During this entire period, the State Revenue Committee makes  excuses, saying that it was the Investigative Committee that delayed  it, and we had nothing to do with it. The Investigative Committee, in  turn, states that we could not help but take action, since the State  Revenue Committee made the calculations and contacted us, and we  cannot help but respond.

As a result of such unfair and illiterate steps, businessmen, the  environment, understand that Armenia is not a suitable place for  doing business, since any businessman can at any time receive the  status of a terrorist and can be treated as such. Can you imagine the  economic consequences of this atmosphere of fear?

I have a businessman friend, he has now moved to the United States,  he always repeated that any businessman in Armenia is a criminal, no  matter what he does, we are simply free until the State Revenue  Committee decides to deal with us. He meant that due to our  legislative framework, anyone can be found guilty and convicted, and  then it will turn out that they were tried on the wrong topic, but it  is too late>, - the head of the Union noted.

Mirakyan is convinced that the State Revenue Committee definitely  does not imagine, does not calculate and does not set the task of  taking into account the economic consequences of its activities. The  State Revenue Committee inspectors receive a bonus for each fine,  regardless of whether this fine will subsequently be cancelled with  an 80% probability or not, but the tax inspector will receive his  bonus in any case, and for him this is the most important thing.

Meanwhile, Vahram Mirakyan calls for: not to initiate criminal cases  without a proper tax audit, only on the basis of assumptions; to  abandon the repressive style of work; to reconsider the current model  of relations between the state and business, where the businessman is  considered the main culprit; to introduce a mechanism for economic  calculation of damages, including based on the results of the State  Revenue Committee's activities or investigative actions; to introduce  the institution of mutual responsibility.

And in the event of making incorrect tax decisions, the civil servant  should also bear limited but clear responsibility. Without these  changes, we cannot have a healthy and developed economy>, - concluded  the head of the Union of Entrepreneurs .