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    PRIME MINISTER STRESSES NECESSITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SME

    NOYAN TAPAN
    APRIL 16, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN. During the April 15 session of the
    government, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said that studies are
    being done on efficiency of checks by tax bodies in 2008-2009 because
    numerous complaints were received that the number of checks at small
    and medium enterprises has not declined.

    In the words of T. Sargsyan, the indices are worrying as the number
    of checks conducted by tax bodies in 2009 grew by 82%, whereas the
    additional sums collected by these checks fell by 25%. "Our strategy
    was based on the principle that we should reduce the contacts with
    taxpayers to the minimum, use risk-based control and bother only those
    taxpayers who do not perform their obligations. There are deviations
    between indices," the prime minister said.

    According to him, the studies showed that the checks by tax bodies grew
    by about 30% regarding big taxpayers, by 70% - economic entities with
    the annual turnover of up to 58 million drams, and by 250% regarding
    other taxpayers. At the same time, the additional collection as a
    result of checks of these three groups of taxpayers declined 2-3
    times compared with the previous year. The prime minister noted that
    the additionally collected sums/paid taxes ratio for big taxpayers
    is about 4 times less that the ratio for all other taxpayers, and
    this difference was 3.8 times in 2008 and 4.6 times in 2009. "So it
    turns out that our attitude to big taxpayers is more tolerant than
    to small ones," the prime minister said.

    He stressed the necessity to create favorable conditions for small and
    medium enterprises. In his words, administration is important in the
    sense that inefficient administration causes people's distrust of and
    discontent with the state. Big enterprises are capable of protecting
    themselves, whereas SME are not. "Henceforth this problem will be at
    the center of our attention. Any complaint related to SME will become
    a subject of serious examination," the prime minister underlined.
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