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    ANC SAYS READY TO STAND BY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL TAX LAW

    NEWS | 30.09.14 | 12:08
    http://www.armenianow.com/news/57225/armenia_small_traders_armenian_national_congress

    The Armenian National Congress (ANC) has issued a statement voicing
    its support for the struggle of small and medium-sized business owners
    against controversial amendments to the law on sales tax that are
    due to come into effect on October 1.

    The opposition party says "the changes put tens of thousands of people
    engaged in small and medium-sized businesses in a desperate situation."

    Hundreds of mostly small traders have held protests near the buildings
    of the government and the National Assembly since last week demanding
    that the changes be scrapped.

    The government insists that the new law that envisages a reduction of
    the sales tax from the current 3.5 to just 1 percent is in favor of
    small and medium-sized enterprises, but owners of these enterprises
    say they'd rather continue paying the current tax but be saved from
    the additional paper work that the new law requires.

    Retail traders also complain that by requiring additional documentation
    from them the government effectively uses them as a tool in combating
    tax evasion by larger businesses, something that they believe is
    unfair and unacceptable.

    In its statement today the ANC also referred to reports about
    detentions by police of several protesting traders and demanded prompt
    action from the prosecutor general to ensure that "those who take
    illegal action against citizens struggling for their constitutional
    rights be called to account."

    "The ANC welcomes the citizens who have come up in support of their
    rights and is ready to stand by the representatives of small and
    medium-sized enterprises in the matter of protecting their interests,"
    the statement reads, in particular.

    Representatives of two parliamentary minority factions, including
    the ANC, launched a petition on Monday for a special debate on the
    situation to be held in the National Assembly.

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