YEREVAN. – Armenia’s National Assembly on Wednesday commenced the examination of the bill on making amendments in the Law on Income Tax and in several related laws.    

This law initiative by the Government proposes to collect income taxes also from the salaries of military servicemen, their equivalent entities, and from rescue service employees.      

As per Finance Minister Vache Gabrielyan, the objective of this bill is to create a unified income tax field. As a result, all taxpayers will have equal tax obligations. “[But] No one’s income will reduce,” Gabrielyan assured because, according to him, the aforesaid service people’s wages will increase by the same amount as the taxes that will be levied from their salaries.