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Alina Hovhannisyan

Armenian telecom operators increase tax payments to  state treasury  by 11% in 2025

Armenian telecom operators increase tax payments to  state treasury  by 11% in 2025

ArmInfo.  Armenia's four telecom operators contributed 92.3 billion drams to the state  treasury in 2025, marking an 11% increase in tax revenues. According  to data from the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia,  out of this total, 324.3 million drams were paid in customs duties,  10.7 billion in direct taxes (including profit tax, income tax), and  19 billion in VAT. VIVA Armenia maintained its leadership among  Armenia's telecom operators for the fourth consecutive year, ranking  16th (compared to 14th in 2024). The company paid 18.7 billion drams  to the state treasury, including 77.6 million drams in customs  duties, 5.8 billion in direct taxes (including profit tax and income  tax), and 8.3 billion in VAT.

UCom remained in 26th place, paying 11.9 billion drams in taxes,  including 171.5 million in customs duties, 2.1 billion in direct  taxes (including profit tax and income tax), and 5.4 billion in VAT.  Telecom Armenia (TEAM trademark) took 31st place (versus 27th in  2024), paying 9.8 billion drams to the state treasury, including 74.4  million in customs duties, 2.2 billion in direct taxes (including  profit tax, income tax), and 4.4 billion in VAT.

GNC Alfa (OVIO trademark) rose from 270th to 205th place, paying 1.7  billion drams to the state budget in taxes, including 607,000 in  customs duties, 711.8 million in direct taxes (including profit tax,  income tax), and 876.5 million in VAT.

It should be noted that in 2024, Armenia's four telecom operators  contributed 38.1 billion drams to the state treasury, a 2.8%  year-on-year decline. Of this amount, 367.9 million drams were paid  in customs duties, 10.7 billion in direct taxes (including profit  tax, income tax), and 16.6 billion in VAT. (The calculated exchange  rate for the dram against the US dollar as of December 31, 2025, was  AMD 381.36/1$.)