YEREVAN. - Income tax returns may fall in 2016, Armenia’s Finance Minister Gagik Khachatryan told Armenian News – NEWS.am today.

According to him, this is first of all due to the expected fall in the profits of mining companies given the abrupt fall in the stock exchange prices for metals, as well as relatively unfavorable investment climate.

In Khachatryan's words, during the first six months of 2015, the growth of tax returns was considerably ensured due to the operation of Teghut copper-molybdenum mine.