The first Mortgage Company UCC ("PIC") again two years later decided  to issue mortgage bonds, but COVID-19 delayed
 Friday, April 24 2020,

ArmInfo.The universal credit company First Mortgage Company (PIK UKK) plans to issue two tranches of registered, coupon, non-documentary bonds with issue volumes of  100 million drams and $ 800 thousand secured by mortgage loans. This  is evidenced by the prospectus for the issue of these bonds posted on  the website of the Central Bank of Armenia.

Armenian insurance sector reduced tax payments to the state budget by  15.6% in the first quarter of 2020
 Friday, April 24 2020,

ArmInfo. In the first quarter of 2020, the insurance sector of Armenia reduced tax payments to the state budget by 15.6% to 534.7 million drams, of which 445.2 million  drams were paid out of direct taxes (including income tax and income  tax).

 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.

 Thursday, April 23 2020,

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SRC decided to refrain from further discussion of the bank secrecy  bill
 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.Based on its obligations, the State Revenue Committee of Armenia initiated and submitted for discussion to the public a package of draft laws on  introducing amendments to the RA Bank Secrecy, Insurance and  Insurance Activities Act and amendments to the RA Tax Code.

 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.

Precious metals prices accelerate growth in Armenia
 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.Precious metals prices continue to rise in Armenia, accelerating the weekly growth rate from 0.5% to 2%. In particular, this week all precious metals  showed growth with the exception of palladium, which has maintained a  downtrend from the previous week.

The limit of contactless payments without the need for entering PIN code via IDBank’s Visa cards is already 20.000
 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.Contactless payments are more than applicable nowadays. From now on, the limit for making a payment without entering the PIN code for newly issued cards is 20,000 AMD. To pay via IDBank’s Visa payWave cards at different stores, you just need to keep the card near the POS terminal.

Armenian government forecasts negative value of GDP at 2% and budget  deficit growth up to 5%
 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo. The Armenian government forecasts a negative economic growth of 2% and a budget deficit of up to 5% of GDP. This was announced today by RA Minister  of Finance Atom Janjughazyan, presenting the amendments to the budget  for 2020 approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, dictated by the  uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.

SRC: The planned indicator of state budget revenues for the Q1 was  exceeded by 9.5 billion drams, but the uncertainty still remains high
 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.According to the results of the Q1 of 2020, the actual fulfillment of the state budget in terms of tax revenues amounted to 349 billion drams, exceeding the  target by 9.5 billion drams.  Chairman of the State Revenue Committee  (SRC) of the RA David Ananyan announced this on April 23.

 Thursday, April 23 2020,

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 Thursday, April 23 2020,

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SRC presented procedure for receiving one-time grants for  beneficiaries of 10th package of anti-crisis measures
 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo. The State Revenue Committee (SRC) reports that the beneficiaries of the 10th anti-crisis measures package (micro-business entities) who have  submitted an application (CV)  in electronic format and do not have a  bank account can receive one-time grants at any of VTB Bank branches.

 Thursday, April 23 2020,

ArmInfo.

Four Armenian telecom operators increased tax payments to state  treasury several times in I quarter of 2020
 Wednesday, April 22 2020,

ArmInfo. Four Armenian telecom operators increased tax payments to state treasury in the first quarter of 2020 in 2.6 times - up to 8.1 billion drams. In  particular, 16.2 million drams were paid on customs duties during the  reporting period, 7.1 billion drams on direct taxes (including income  tax, income tax), and indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax) tax)  - 3.1 billion drams. This is evidenced by the list of the largest  taxpayers of Armenia published by the RA State Revenue Committee.

 Wednesday, April 22 2020,

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 Wednesday, April 22 2020,

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 Wednesday, April 22 2020,

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Gazprom Armenia retained its leadership in the list of largest  taxpayers for the first quarter of 2020.
 Wednesday, April 22 2020,

ArmInfo. In the first quarter  of 2020, the list of the largest taxpayers of Armenia continues to be  headed by Gazprom Armenia, which paid 17.7 billion drams to the state  treasury with an annual growth of 31.1%, of which 89.2 million drams  - for customs duties, 2.1 billion drams ( including income tax,  income tax) - for direct taxes, 15.5 billion drams - for indirect  taxes (including VAT, excise tax).

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