Vigen Sargsyan, who heads the pre-election list of the Republican Party of Armenia, claimed on his Facebook page that “as a result of the party’s alarm, the government has changed its intention to tax Armenian citizens who go abroad for work.” He is sure that it is their “first victory”.

In 2015, the ruling RPA at that time brought to the parliament a project on taxing those going to work abroad with a 13 percent income tax.

“That’s exactly the power of counterbalance. That is why it is necessary to have counterbalancing forces in the future parliament. But a verbal promise is not enough. We must ensure that no new attempt to adopt such a hopeless policy is made even after the elections. Those who have gone to work abroad support their families in Armenia, the state is obliged to support them and not to hinder them,” wrote Sargsyan.

Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia Davit Ananyan announced that there is no such project in the government. According to him, the state has no intention of re-taxing the income of an RA citizen taxed in another country in RA.

“The discussion on social networks is not valid, my point may be misunderstood. Most importantly, no idea can become law without broad public discussion. I understand that in this pre-election period, thoughts taken out of context can become the subject of speculation,” said Ananyan.