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BOOK PRICES JUMP IN YEREVAN STORES
Tert.am
02.03.12
Despite the statements that the the book-publishing policies remain
unchanged, with the government not raising the tax rates, the prices
yesterday remained high in the bookstores of the capital city,
a Dashnak lawmaker has said.
Speaking to Tert.am, Lilit Hovhannisyan of the opposition Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) faction in parliament,
said she was dissatisfied by the finance minister's comments that
the legislation regulating the sector does not propose any changes
in book prices.
At the recent Q&A between the National Assembly and the cabinet,
Minister Vache Gabrielyan said no new clauses were proposed to the
existing legislation, noting that the misunderstandings were caused
by misinterpretations unrelated to book-publishing.
Bookinist is one of the rare stores that still maintains the book
prices low, but will inevitably change its policies, the director of
the shop, Khachik Vardanyan, told Tert.am.
He considers the executive's interpretations wrong, claiming that
there have been changes in the price policies. "Any literate person
can visit the websites and see the changes concerning the value added
taxes on books."
He said that the new legislation requires deducting taxes from the
total book sale proceeds.
At the meeting with the cabinet members an agreement was reached to
allow the stores to receive books in accordance with the previously
existing rules until a new clause is elaborated to make the procedures
legal.
Vardanyan said the new law applies not only to books, but also other
products - cloths, confectionaries - whose prices may also surge in
the near future.
Earlier, the activists of a group, We are Against Surging Book Prices,
sent a letter to Prime Minister TIgran Sargsyan, calling for action
to free them from what
Tert.am
02.03.12
Despite the statements that the the book-publishing policies remain
unchanged, with the government not raising the tax rates, the prices
yesterday remained high in the bookstores of the capital city,
a Dashnak lawmaker has said.
Speaking to Tert.am, Lilit Hovhannisyan of the opposition Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) faction in parliament,
said she was dissatisfied by the finance minister's comments that
the legislation regulating the sector does not propose any changes
in book prices.
At the recent Q&A between the National Assembly and the cabinet,
Minister Vache Gabrielyan said no new clauses were proposed to the
existing legislation, noting that the misunderstandings were caused
by misinterpretations unrelated to book-publishing.
Bookinist is one of the rare stores that still maintains the book
prices low, but will inevitably change its policies, the director of
the shop, Khachik Vardanyan, told Tert.am.
He considers the executive's interpretations wrong, claiming that
there have been changes in the price policies. "Any literate person
can visit the websites and see the changes concerning the value added
taxes on books."
He said that the new legislation requires deducting taxes from the
total book sale proceeds.
At the meeting with the cabinet members an agreement was reached to
allow the stores to receive books in accordance with the previously
existing rules until a new clause is elaborated to make the procedures
legal.
Vardanyan said the new law applies not only to books, but also other
products - cloths, confectionaries - whose prices may also surge in
the near future.
Earlier, the activists of a group, We are Against Surging Book Prices,
sent a letter to Prime Minister TIgran Sargsyan, calling for action
to free them from what