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Armenian officials extend tax filing deadline amid snafus with the system [1]

['Alexander Thompson']

Date: 2025-05

Tax authorities require all tax declarations to be filed electronically via a government portal and many Armenians lack computer skills and/or access to computers. (Photo: Armenia’s State Revenue Committee)

Armenia is trying to emulate the United States’ revenue collection model by requiring citizens to file an annual income declaration. So far, it is not going so well.

Many workers in the United States have a portion of their salaries withheld to pay a variety of taxes, and virtually all adults are required to file a Form 1040 tax return at the end of the year to determine the actual amount of taxes they owe. Lots of filers end up receiving refunds for having more money withheld than they must give to the government.

Armenia started phasing in a similar system in 2023, and, under the original plan, it was supposed to be fully operational this year.

But officials may have to rethink their implementation strategy.

Eduard Hakopyan, the head of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee, the equivalent of the US Internal Revenue Service, acknowledged on May 22 that only 54,000 out of 900,000 projected filers had submitted an annual tax declaration by the May 1 deadline.

During his news conference, Hakopyan reminded citizens that if they feel they are owed a refund, they can only obtain it by submitting their declaration.

He also announced that the filing deadline had been extended to November 1.

The low filing number is not entirely a matter of public resistance. The rollout of the filing system has been plagued by software glitches. Officials also require all declarations to be filed electronically via a government portal and many elderly Armenians lack computer skills and/or access to computers. In addition, privacy regulations prevent citizens from using accountants or tax preparation services to file declarations for them, according to the ArmInfo news agency.

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