Thursday, July 13 2017 15:32

ArmInfo. The Yerevan City Hall issued a statement regarding the amount of payment for parking via SMS.

In the widespread explanation, the mayor's office recalls that on July 7 this year, ZAO "Parking City Service" issued an application to change the amount of payment for parking via SMS-messages, which led to contradictory comments. "Although we have already explained that the amount of payment for parking does not change, we are talking about changes in connection with the form of payment, we think it necessary to say that the Yerevan Municipality and mobile operators are concerned about the situation." Yerevan Municipality wrote to mobile operators in writing to discuss The issue of changing the amount of payment for parking via SMS, which would eliminate the need to charge an additional amount for VAT and reduce other costs associated with charging parking fees. parties hope that the problem will soon get an effective solution, "- says the city administration reported.

Recall that on July 7, the company Parking City Service notifiedDrivers: "Starting from August 1 this year, when paying for parking costsBy sending a text message to short number 1045, from yourThe balance will be written off 149 drams, 100 of them - parking fees,24.8 - commission, 24.2 - VAT. To pay for parking without an intermediary fee, drivers can use nearby terminals. If you send SMS to short number 5045, the amount of AMD 748 per parking day will be written off from the balance instead of the current 500 (of which AMD 500 for parking, and the rest as commission and VAT). The cost of parking will still be AMD 100 per hour, AMD 500 per day, AMD 1,000 per week, AMD 2,000 per month and 12,000 AMD for the year. The change in the amount charged will be due to commission of mobile operators for SMS and VAT.  Pay parking can be through terminals located near the parking. In this case, no commission is charged, "the report says, followed by the reaction of cellular operators, in particular, Beeline reported that the company did not introduce any changes through SMS-notifications regarding the payment procedure for parking. , From the side of Beeline on this issue has never received any proposals, "- concluded in the company.

Viva Cell-MTS company informed that its authority does not include notification by means of a short SMS- notification about the conditions for charging parking fees or changing these tariffs. As noted in the company's official announcement, Viva Cell-MTS has never acted on this issue with any initiative.  According to the relevant agreement, the amount of commission paid to Viva Cell-MTS has not changed.  - concluded in the company.