Armenian commercial banks pay 4.4 billion drams of taxes in Q1

28.04.2010 20:15

YEREVAN, April 28, /ARKA/. The list of 1000 largest companies, compiled by the State Revenue Committee, included 21 commercial banks which paid in January-March a total of 4.4 billion Drams of taxes. Some 91.2% of this amount, about 4 billion Drams, were direct taxes. Overall the banks accounted for 4.5% of all taxes collected in the first quarter from the largest 1000 taxpayers.

The list of commercial banks was topped by Credit Agricole Bank that paid 747.1 million Drams of taxes, it was followed by Armbusinessbank-540.7 million Drams, Ameriabank-474.4 million, Ardshininvestbank-458.3 million Drams, HSBC Bank Armenia- 403.2 million Drams, Bank VTB Armenia- 361.7 million Drams. Overall the 1000 largest companies paid 97.5 billion Drams of taxes in Q1. ($1 – 388.81 Drams). -0-

rating	Bank	Taxes paid (thousand, AMD)
rating	Bank	Jan.-March, 2010	Jan.-March, 2009
16	ACBA Credit Agricole	747,126.9	400,299.9
25	Armbusinessbank	540 736,5	111,194.3
30	Ameriabank	472 437,4	105,421.2
31	Ardshininvestbank	458 321,4	338,411.7
36	HSBC Bank Armenia	403 209,7	459,213.4
48	Bank VTB Armenia	361 719,9	464,725.9
85	Converse bank	189 569,7	139,069.6
96	Unibank	176 600,6	431,292.2
130	Areximbank	138 438,2	97,808.1
134	Armswissbank	133 427,9	-----
141	Inecobank	126 244,9	172,644.4
147	Armeconombank	118 367,5	57,550.7
191	Bank Anelik	90 104,1	78,079.5
219	ProCredit Bank	78 784,0	72,131.2
220	Ararat bank	78 594,7	59,871.9
226	Armenian Development Bank	76 691,9	72,159.8
232	Cascade Bank	74 658,6	20,198.7
308	Bank Prometey	52 885,0	34,327.9
342	Byblos Bank Armenia	48 328,1	17,975.1
481	Bank Mellat	34 178,9	101,600.7
686	BTA Bank	22 713,6	51,338.7
Total		4 423,138.9