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ArmInfo.In the first half of 2021, the banking system of Armenia sent over 30 billion drams or $ 60.6 million to the state treasury through taxes, which is 19.4% more  than a year ago. Of this amount, over 85.9% or 25.8 billion drams was  paid under direct taxes (including income tax and tax on profit),  with an increase of 13.4% over the year. According to the data of the  RA State Revenue Committee, in the total volume of payments of 1000  large taxpayers in Armenia, 17 banks account for 5.1%.

ArmInfo. Four telecom operators of Armenia paid taxes to the budget for the first half of 2021 a total of 17.7 billion drams ($ 35.7 million), which is lower than a  year ago by 12.8%. Of this amount, 5.7 billion were paid as direct  taxes (including income tax, tax on profit) and 8.1 billion - on  indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).

ArmInfo. Acting Head of the Armenian Ministry of Economy in Georgia will discuss the possibilities of expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation.

ArmInfo.Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) spoke about the advantages of the amendments to the RA Law "On Public-Private Partnership".

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ArmInfo.A four-day mission was carried out at the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia within the framework of the "Support to the Tax Administration of the  Republic of Armenia " program, funded by the French Development  Agency (AFD) and implemented by the French "Expertise France"  international technical cooperation agency.

ArmInfo. RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminum  producers, produced 1.868 million tonnes of aluminum in H1 2021,  which is 0.1% more than in the same period last year.

ArmInfo. As a result of cooperation between ACBA Bank, ACBA Leasing and the GEFF (Green Economy Financing) program of the European Bank for Reconstruction  and Development (EBRD), USD 5 million will be directed to the  development of a green economy in Armenia through financing business  projects in the field of energy conservation, climate adaptation and  renewable energy.

ArmInfo. Ameriabank is the leading taxpayer among Armenian banks in the first half of 2021. As noted in the message of the bank, this is evidenced by the data of the State  Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.An impressive growth in exports with a moderate growth of imports reduced the foreign trade deficit of Armenia in January-June 2021 by 11.4% per annum (against a decline of 20.1% a year earlier, with a decline in imports by 12.9%  and exports by 6.5%).

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ArmInfo. In Armenia, economic activity in H1 2021 increased by 5% per annum (against a 4.7% decline a year earlier), which is accompanied by an increase in exports and a rise in imports. In June of this year. by June 2020, economic  activity increased by 8% (against a decline of 12.8% a year earlier),  while in June 2021 alone it accelerated growth to 12% from May 2%  (against a less noticeable acceleration of growth in May 2020 from  13.3 % to 14.8%).

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ArmInfo. Representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Economy in Tehran will discuss prospects for expanding cooperation with the leadership of the Social Security  Investment Company

ArmInfo.In the first 6 months of 2021, 169 economic entities submitted applications for obtaining a certificate of a law-abiding taxpayer to the State Revenue Committee  (SRC) of Armenia, 111 of them were satisfied. The certificate of a  law-abiding taxpayer is issued for a period of 1 year.

ArmInfo.The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia has published a list of 1000 large taxpayers of the country, who in the first half of this year paid a  total of more than 584 billion 440 million AMD (about 1.2 billion US  dollars) to the state budget.  In particular, from January to June  2021, the amount of payments to the tax authority amounted to 494  billion 334 million drams, and to the customs authority - over 90  billion 105 million drams.

ArmInfo.. The banking system in Armenia is sound and  well-regulated, but the financial sector is not highly developed,  according to investors. Banking sector assets account for over 80  percent of total financial sector assets. This is stated in the  published report of the US State Department on the investment climate  in Armenia for 2021.

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ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the development programs implemented in agriculture. The press service of the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia reports.