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12 June 2009 - 14:58 AMT

Does Government allow of unjustified tax decrease for MPs engaged in winemaking?

RA ex-Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan accessed tax package, currently discussed at Parliament, as another stupidity and noted that the way material is presented makes him laugh. ”Besides, it’s unclear, where’s the crossing line between large and small businesses. It’s been officially announced that entrepreneurs, whose assets vary from AMD 2 to 4 billion, are considered major businessmen. But at the same time, medium sized and small businesses can bring the same assets.

According to Bagratyan, tax officers attached to companies are indispensable in agriculture sphere, specifically, in companies engaged in wine making. ”There is a lot of ambiguity in this sphere, specifically connected with grape purchase. It’s also unclear why the government keeps altering wine-makers taxation- related decisions,” he noted. According to Bagratyan, this policy could only be explained by the fact that 12 MPs, including Parliamentary speaker, are engaged in wine-asking business.