On May 7, 2019, in Yeghegnadzor town of Vayots Dzor province, a meeting was held with business entities of Vayots Dzor province, organized within the framework of the “RA Alternative Taxation Systems Monitoring and Improvement Program”.

During the meeting, Vahagn Hambardzumyan, President of the “Association of Accountants of Armenia” NGO, project director, presented the current turnover tax system, as well as the peculiarities of the micro-entrepreneurship system envisaged by the draft amendments to the Tax Code to the economic entities, after which they jointly discussed the possible problems that have arisen in the course of work in the turnover tax system and forecasted in the micro-entrepreneurship system. Entrepreneurs submitted their proposals by filling them in pre-prepared sheets, which will be analyzed by the project experts, as a result of which a full set of proposals for solving the existing problems will be developed and submitted to the relevant government agencies. This meeting was organized within the framework of the “RA Alternative Taxation Systems Monitoring and Improvement Program”. The project was implemented by the “Association of Accountants of Armenia” NGO within the framework of sub-grants envisaged by the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” program, implemented through a consortium led by the “Armenian Lawyers' Association” NGO. The “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” program is funded by the European Union. Governor of Tavush Hayk Chobanyan and Mayor of Dilijan Armen Santrosyan gave welcoming speeches at the beginning of the project. Governor Hayk Chobanyan highlighted the implementation of such programs in the region and expressed readiness to cooperate with the Association of Accountants of Armenia and always support the fulfillment of such events. Mayor Armen Santrosyan thanked Vahagn Hambardzumyan and all the organizers of the program for holding such an event in Dilijan.