Chief taxman of Armenia with humor refers to rumors about his  resignation

ArmInfo.Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia David Ananyan with humor regards rumors about his resignation. "Acting Prime Minister advised me to treat such rumors with humor", Ananyan said in an interview with  journalists on November 2.

In particular, according to Ananyan, to judge whether the head of the  executive branch of Armenia is satisfied with the work of the head of  the tax and customs committee, you can also listen to Pashinyan's  speech yesterday in the parliament. "In his speech, the head of  government made very important accents - he noted an unprecedented  increase in tax revenues in October, assessing it as a result of the  good job of tax specialists. That is, on the one hand, we note the  growth of taxpayer's legal awareness, on the other hand, on the other  hand, the results of tax administration efforts. Evaluate it yourself  whether the Prime Minister is satisfied with the work of the SRC or  not'', he pointed out.

As for the "dubious" personnel appointments in the SRC, the head of  department once again called for a more pragmatic and practical  approach to be shown in this matter. "If someone has specific  information about a SRC employee, then the question should not be  addressed to the head of the SRC, but should be reported to the law  enforcement agencies. If there is no such information at hand, then  discourage people from wanting to work for those who work day and  night tirelessly", he said.

To recall, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday,  speaking in the parliament, said that the most important fact of the  beginning of the new phase of economic development is unprecedented  and record-breaking tax collection. "During the current year, 120.7  billion drams were collected. There was no such collection of taxes  in the entire history of Armenia's independence," he said, adding  that a new phase of cooperation was reached between government bodies  and business circles. In this regard, the Acting Prime Minister  pointed out the need to change the culture of attitudes towards the  payment of taxes for the entire population, as well as changes in the  behavior of the tax service employees towards taxpayers. "Of course,  the government will actively fight against corruption, but it must be  borne in mind that the" shadow economy "is associated with the  ordinary human unwillingness to pay taxes. This is precisely the  reason for the emergence of the" shadow economy "and the desire to  find a" common language "with employees of the tax service. And thus,  the fight against corruption cannot be one-sided, "he said.