Friday, June 1 2018 13:21

ArmInfo. The list of persons engaged in entrepreneurial activities, bypassing the law, can be expanded. This was stated in the conversation with journalists by the  Director of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia  Artur Vanetsyan on June 1 after the meeting of the government.

"350 people who do not know that they are engaged in large business  and do not pay taxes, and about whom so much has been said, can  exceed 460 people in this context (the opening of various IP for tax  evasion, ed.) And for those 11 organizations , which must also be  invited (in the NSC, Ed.) The list can reach 1,000 or more people,  "he said.

Commenting on the statement that the disclosure of the NSS was not  really such, as everyone knew about such schemes, Vanetsyan stated:  "Imagine how many people can talk people who have worked for many  years in violation of the law".

As for the possibility of summoning ex-head of the State Revenue  Committee Vardan Harutyunyan for interrogation, the director of the  National Security Service stated, "The investigation will show."  Recall that on May 19, during a meeting with media leaders, the newly  appointed head of the National Security Service of Armenia, Artur  Vanetsyan, stated that the National Security Service is actively  fighting corruption and traditionally corrupt institutions completely  stopped illegal activities. Vanetsyan stressed that today active work  is carried out to identify corrupt chains on previously committed  crimes. He noted that there are 350 people in Armenia who do not know  that they are engaged in large business and do not pay taxes. "These  people do not know that they have big business and live in difficult  social conditions." Until the end of the month, we will already have  the full picture, "concluded the newly appointed head of the National  Security Service of Armenia. Already at the end of last week, the  National Security Service of Armenia in the fight against corruption  and economic crimes revealed a criminal scheme. The large company  Norfolk Consulting Ltd. maliciously avoided paying taxes, fees and  other mandatory payments in especially large amounts. Armen Hunanian,  General Director of Norfolk Consulting LLC, and three other officers  of the company were arrested on suspicion of committing a crime under  Article 205 of the 2nd Criminal Code. Two former vice-chairmen of the  State Revenue Committee were invited to be interrogated as witnesses  in a criminal case. The preliminary investigation continues. Measures  are taken to clarify all the circumstances of the case, as well as to  identify other persons and compensate for the damage.

The other day the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia  presented the results of inspections to Alex Holdings Ltd. and  retrieved the criminal case on the fact. The SNB has uncovered a  sophisticated mechanism for tax evasion by creating numerous IPs. "In  addition, according to reliable data, a similar opportunity was  provided to the other senior companies engaged in network trade from  the former management of the KGD, which created obviously unfavorable  and unequal competitive conditions for other enterprises engaged in  agricultural trade and paying VAT. cases, control actions were taken  against the noted 11 enterprises, so the latter are invited to  independently recalculate unpaid taxes on the above specified schemes  and provide relevant information to the preliminary investigation  authorities to resolve the issue of compensation for damage within  the production, "- said in the statement of the department.

Meanwhile, the head of the parliamentary faction of the RPA, Vahram  Baghdasaryan, stated that the statement of the National Security  Council on the conduct of business through more than 300 private  enterprises and tax evasion is untrue, stressed that the mechanism  that operated in network supermarkets was introduced as a result of  discussions on which everyone knew and in which he personally  participated.