Armenian president and government officials discusses ways for radical improvement of tax administration

Armenian president and government officials discusses ways for radical improvement of tax administration
ARKA, 26.02.2010

Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan convened today a special meeting to discuss ways for radical improvement of tax administration, his press office reported.
It said the president called the attention of the participants to the necessity of fighting against all negative phenomena that hamper tax collection. The president underlined that among other measures, it is necessary to deepen the inter-agency cooperation.

Serzh Sargsyan emphasized also the need for reducing the share of shadow economy and ensuring proper documentation handling.

The head of the government issued instruction to heads of government agencies and demanded that they join their efforts to raise the efficiency of fighting the informal sector, sale of fake invoices and other similar crimes.

‘We have no right to stop. Our task is not only to prevent further rise of such phenomena, but to take also all possible actions to eliminate these vice circle,’ he said.

The meeting was attended by prime minister Tigran Sargsyan, head of presidential staff, ministers of finance and agriculture, chief of the National Security Service, chief of police, prosecutor general, chief of State Revenues Committee, chief of presidential auditing service and other officials.