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DENTISTS OF ARMENIA LAUNCH PROTEST ACTIONS
Several dozens of dentists went on a short-term protest action in
front of the Government building in January 31 demanding changes to
certain provisions of the Law On License Payments.
The amendments to the above law that came into effect on Jan 1
2013 oblige dental clinics to pay 80,000 drams license payments per
dental seat quarterly instead of the previous 12,000 drams (nearly
$30). At the January 26 extraordinary meeting of Armenian dentists,
over 1,300 delegates signed an appeal addressed to the president,
prime minister and parliament speaker suggesting reduction of the
license payment to 30,000 drams "for the first zone (Yerevan) with
application of relevant coefficient for the other zones (regions)"
impose a tax on the X-ray diagnostics, ball-bearing laboratories
operating in the clinics. As regards children's dental seats, they
offer a 0.5 coefficient for license payment. The amendments to the
Law "On Licensing" applied also to realtors. Thus, the real estate
agencies of Yerevan are to pay 60 thsd AMD monthly for every employee,
and the agencies in the region - 10-50 thsd AMD.
Experts say that there are up to 12,000 dentists and 200 real estate
agencies in Armenia. They believe that the amendments to the tax
legislation will lead to price hikes in the spheres of dental and real
estate services and possible illegal business. Earlier, IMF announced
35% shadow economy in Armenia, while Bloomberg and Business Week
believe this indicator in Armenia has reached 51.7%. By data of the
National Statistical Service of Armenia, tax revenues of the state
budget totaled 725.5 bln drams with a 14.9% annual growth.
http://www.dentistryiq.com/news/2013/01/31/dentists-of-armenia-launch-protest-actions.html
Several dozens of dentists went on a short-term protest action in
front of the Government building in January 31 demanding changes to
certain provisions of the Law On License Payments.
The amendments to the above law that came into effect on Jan 1
2013 oblige dental clinics to pay 80,000 drams license payments per
dental seat quarterly instead of the previous 12,000 drams (nearly
$30). At the January 26 extraordinary meeting of Armenian dentists,
over 1,300 delegates signed an appeal addressed to the president,
prime minister and parliament speaker suggesting reduction of the
license payment to 30,000 drams "for the first zone (Yerevan) with
application of relevant coefficient for the other zones (regions)"
impose a tax on the X-ray diagnostics, ball-bearing laboratories
operating in the clinics. As regards children's dental seats, they
offer a 0.5 coefficient for license payment. The amendments to the
Law "On Licensing" applied also to realtors. Thus, the real estate
agencies of Yerevan are to pay 60 thsd AMD monthly for every employee,
and the agencies in the region - 10-50 thsd AMD.
Experts say that there are up to 12,000 dentists and 200 real estate
agencies in Armenia. They believe that the amendments to the tax
legislation will lead to price hikes in the spheres of dental and real
estate services and possible illegal business. Earlier, IMF announced
35% shadow economy in Armenia, while Bloomberg and Business Week
believe this indicator in Armenia has reached 51.7%. By data of the
National Statistical Service of Armenia, tax revenues of the state
budget totaled 725.5 bln drams with a 14.9% annual growth.
http://www.dentistryiq.com/news/2013/01/31/dentists-of-armenia-launch-protest-actions.html