YEREVAN, APRIL 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Profit taxes amounted to over 11.2 bln drams (36.4 mln USD) and made up 14.3% of the RA state budget's tax revenues in January-February 2008. Profit tax revenues grew by 34% or 2.9 bln drams as compared with the same period of 2007, which was mainly due to an increase of payments made by nonstate organizations, including organizations with foreign investment, and financial and credit organizations. According to the RA ministry of finance and economy, income tax revenues of the state budget made about 6.6 bln drams in January-February 2008, exceeding by 22.9% or 1.2 bln drams the index of the same period of last year. Revenues from execution of labor and civil agreements were the main source of this growth. A considerable growth in customs duties was also registered in the indicated period. Theit total amount made over 4.2 bln drams, exceeding by 40.7% or 1.2 bln drams the index of January-February 2007. Customs duty revenues made up 5.4% of the state budgetary revenues. Fixed payments made over 2.6 bln drams, or by 2.3% more than the respective index of 2007, which was mainly conditioned by an increase of revenues from gas filling stations, trade facilities organization, casino and public catering activities. At the same time, revenues from organization of lotteries and monetary prize games and from transport activity declined. Simplified taxes of 1.3 bln drams were transferred to the state budget in the first two months of 2008. Their amount increased by 12.8% or 189.8 mln drams on the same months of 2007.

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