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  • Tax Revenues Grow by 24% in January-May 2007 year over year

    TAX REVENUES OF RA STATE BUDGET GROW BY 24% IN JANUARY-MAY 2007 ON
    SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR

    YEREVAN, JUNE 30, NOYAN TAPAN. In January-May 2007, tax revenues made
    up 81.7% of the state budgetary revenues. State duties made up 3.8%,
    non-tax revenues -10.8%, revenues from capital operations - 3.4%,
    official transfers - 0.3% of the budgetary revenues.

    According to the RA Ministry of Finance and Economy, in the first five
    months of 2007, tax revenues of the state budget amounted to 162 bln
    drams (over 451 mln USD) and ensured the fulfilment of the program for
    the first half of 2007 by 82.3%. Tax revenues grew by 24% on the same
    period of 2006. High growth rates were regsitered with respect to all
    taxes.

    VAT amounted to 76 bln drams and made up 46.9% of tax revenues in the
    period under review. More than 46.2 bln drams of this sum was received
    from taxation on the Armenian borders, 29.8 bln drams - from domestic
    turnover of goods and services. VAT revenues of the state budget grew
    by 34.3% or over 19.4 bln drams as compared with the same period of
    2006.

    Excise tax revenues amounted to 14.6 bln drams and made up 9% of the
    total tax revenues. Particularly, 10.3 bln drams was received from
    taxation of imported goods, including 4.6 bln drams from taxation of
    imported gasoline and diesel fuel and 4.4 bln drams from taxation of
    imported cigarettes.

    Excise tax revenues from taxation of goods produced in Armenia made 4.3
    ln drams, including 1.7 ln drams from sale of cigarettes made in
    Armenia. Excise tax revenues of the RA state budget grew by 4.3% or
    604.1 mln drams on the same period of 2006, which was mainly due to a
    growth of revenues from imported cigarettes, gasoline and diesel fuel.

    A growth was also registered with respect to revenues from imported
    alcoholic drinks, while excise tax revenues from sale of cigarettes
    made in Armenia declined.
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