Artur Manukyan, Deputy Chairman of the SRC, presenting the project “On Amendments to the Law on State Duty” to the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs of the National Assembly, noted that it is proposed to increase the rates for temporary parking of cars at the customs office by an average of 3 times.
According to him, we have a large flow of cars so that the area is not a parking place, because the fines are low. According to him, if 1,600 drams are charged per day, 5,000 drams will be charged.
Tadevos Avetisyan, deputy of the Armenia faction, responded. “Why did your government go after car importers?” People do business, if they avoid taxes, make it known, fine. But what do you not like about this sector? Yes, there are problems in all areas you bring on each other at the end of the year, you increase the burden of this sector, but you do not take into account that in other countries, where they are re-exported, there are, as it were, some processes to hinder this business. he said.
He emphasized that 1,600 drams a day is a small number. “Where is a “stay” for 1,600 drams a day? You are saying: let’s make 5,000 drams a day, but 500,000 drams If you can’t organize the customs clearance in time, the person has to leave his car for a few days, and you say, so what? they left, you will pay a higher state tax. Tell them at once: we are banning car imports, stop it, so that people do business, and suddenly you come to the National Assembly with a bill, won’t it happen?” , said the opposition deputy.
Artur Manukyan replied that they do not have a problem of going after car importers, but they are improving the administration. “The importer has 4 months to submit a declaration, he keeps the car in the customs area for 4 months for 1600 drams a day. We also say that it is not a parking place for you.”
Tadevos Avetisyan countered that he was at the customs office in Gyumri and witnessed long queues, and also saw that people wanted to clear customs with money and papers in their hands, but the customs body did not manage to do it. should pay. Why should he pay?”