Gazprom-Armenia accused of gross tax dodging
14.11.2018,
17:20
The Armenian State Revenue Committee’s inspection has revealed gross tax evasion at Gazprom-Armenia CJSC, the press office of the committee reported on Wednesday.
YEREVAN, November 14. /ARKA/. The Armenian State Revenue Committee’s inspection has revealed gross tax evasion at Gazprom-Armenia CJSC, the press office of the committee reported on Wednesday.
In particular, the inspectors have found out that the company submitted false data on value added tax, and as a result, it paid billions of drams less taxes.
Gazprom-Armenia also has skim money from submitting false data on losses.
It has become known that losses in the gas-distributing system shrank more than trice in June and July 2018, compared with Jan-May 2018, while the comparative study showed that natural gas supply to NGV filling stations significantly grew in June-Sept 2018, compared with the first five months of the year – by some 37%, which is similar to gas consumption by the companies operating the stations.
A criminal case is opened against Gazprom-Armenia in suspicion of dodging taxes and other obligatory payments.
An investigation is under way now to assess the damage inflicted to the government budget and to reveal corruption in the natural gas consumption.
Gazprom-Armenia stands in the row of the biggest taxpayers of Armenia.
It came second in the Jan-Sept 2018 list of the big taxpayers by transferring AMD 30.3 billion to the government budget over the mentioned period against the AMD 32.2 billion it paid at the same period a year before.
Gazprom-Armenia CJSC (ArmRosgasprom CJSC before), established in December 1997, imports, deposits and distributes Russian natural gas in Armenia.
The company is a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom Holding. -0---
In particular, the inspectors have found out that the company submitted false data on value added tax, and as a result, it paid billions of drams less taxes.
Gazprom-Armenia also has skim money from submitting false data on losses.
It has become known that losses in the gas-distributing system shrank more than trice in June and July 2018, compared with Jan-May 2018, while the comparative study showed that natural gas supply to NGV filling stations significantly grew in June-Sept 2018, compared with the first five months of the year – by some 37%, which is similar to gas consumption by the companies operating the stations.
A criminal case is opened against Gazprom-Armenia in suspicion of dodging taxes and other obligatory payments.
An investigation is under way now to assess the damage inflicted to the government budget and to reveal corruption in the natural gas consumption.
Gazprom-Armenia stands in the row of the biggest taxpayers of Armenia.
It came second in the Jan-Sept 2018 list of the big taxpayers by transferring AMD 30.3 billion to the government budget over the mentioned period against the AMD 32.2 billion it paid at the same period a year before.
Gazprom-Armenia CJSC (ArmRosgasprom CJSC before), established in December 1997, imports, deposits and distributes Russian natural gas in Armenia.
The company is a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom Holding. -0---
