Official: Armenia collected AMD 1.385 trillion in revenue in 2020January 25, 2021 - 19:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian government has collected AMD 1.385 trillion (around $2.7 billion) in revenue in 2020, said Karen Tamazyan, the Head of Tax Administration Organization, Control and Monitoring Department at the State Revenue Committee, on Monday, January 25. The country had initially estimated that it would receive AMD 1.607 trillion (approximately $3.1 billion) in revenue last year but was forces to revise down its own forecast due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tamazyan added. After the revision, he said, the State Revenue Committee was expected to gather AMD 1.326 trillion (more than $2.5 billion) throughout the year but managed to collect AMD 1.385 trillion after all. According to him, the country's thousand largest taxpayers account for the 71.3% of all the revenue collected in 2020. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |