“You levy the sweat-earned money of citizens, but do not tax the unearned amounts of lottery winnings. Is this philosophy right, Mr. Alaverdyan? ” to this question of ARF deputy Artsvik Minasyan at the budget debate, the SRC Deputy Chairman Armen Alaverdyan answered, “For example, if I’m not working and sitting at home I win a car, costing 5.6 million AMD. Shall I give about 1 million as a tax?”
Artsvik Minasyan disagreed, asking whether all the winners are jobless. “In most cases, yes. Milliners do not even take cash coupons and noticed many times that state officials do not take it. We chose the right option not to tax winning lottery. As for the casino taxation, casino owner pays a set taxation, the citizen- resident or non-resident, comes and wins. One day a man wins, another day he loses. So from what amounts should he pay taxation?”
