The Head of the State Revenue Committee Awards Himself Over 8 Million Drams

The controversial topic of bonuses is gaining new momentum. According to information received by us, serious discontent has arisen among ordinary employees of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) regarding the bonuses received by the SRC leadership in December.

Yerevan Today presents the salary and bonus fund received by them in December.

Thus, according to the same information:

• SRC President Davit Ananyan — 8,055,000 drams
• SRC First Deputy Raffik Mashadyan – 9,060,000 drams
• SRC Staff Manager's Assistant Edgar Gevorgyan – 6,456,000 drams
• SRC Large Taxpayers Department Head Arthur Harutyunyan – 2,930,000 drams
• SRC Deputy President Shushan Aroysyan — 6,006,000 drams
• SRC President's assistant Elizabeth Mamikonyan — 2,120,000 drams
• SRC President's advisor and former Minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan’s assistant Satine Gzoyan — 2,763,000 drams
• SRC Press Officer and Spokesperson Lusine Mkrtchyan - 2,030,000 drams
• SRC Information Technology Department Head's advisor Sergey Tayryan - 1,574,000 drams.

The latter is the husband of Satine Gzoyan. It is noteworthy that the spouses are also not tax officers.

This is at a time when ordinary tax inspectors and officers at the SRC have received 100,000 to 200,000 drams. Such a level of encouragement has not been seen during the tenure of any previous SRC president.

Moreover, there are rumors that the SRC is actually managed by First Deputy Raffik Mashadyan, who received the highest amount in December, with a salary and bonus totaling 9,060,000 drams.

We have submitted a request to the SRC for an official response regarding information about the bonuses.