The ArmRosGazprom (ARG) national gas distribution company has become Armenia's leading corporate taxpayer this year due to a more than 40 percent surge in its tax contributions to the state, according to the latest government data.
The figures released on Tuesday by the State Revenue Committee (SRC) show ARG paying 22.6 billion drams ($55.8 million) in various taxes in the first nine months of 2012.
The reasons for this sharp increase were not fully clear, with official statistics indicating that imports of mainly Russian natural gas and other minerals to Armenia rose by only 13 percent, to $641.6 million, in January-September. Gas distribution within the country was similarly up by 12.3 percent in this period.
Armenian News
No comments:
Post a Comment