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Republic of Armenia: Technical Assistance Report-Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contribution Gaps Estimation Based on Operational Audits

May 9, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. "Republic of Armenia: Technical Assistance Report-Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contribution Gaps Estimation Based on Operational Audits", Technical Assistance Reports 2025, 055 (2025), accessed May 12, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229008884.019

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Summary

This report presents estimates of the Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Social Security Contributions tax gaps for Armenia for 2020–2023. The tax gaps are based on a bottom-up approach using operational audits. The PIT gap is estimated at 3.8 percent of potential PIT liability.

Subject: Auditing, Business enterprises, Corporate income tax, Economic sectors, Income, National accounts, Personal income tax, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue performance assessment, Social security contributions, Tax audits, Tax gap, Taxes, Value-added tax

Keywords: Auditing, Bottom-up approach, Business enterprises, Corporate income tax, Heckman Sample Selection model., Income, Informal economy, National accounts, Operational audits, Personal income tax, Personal Income Tax Gap, Social security contributions, Social Security Contributions Tax Gap, Tax audits, Tax gap, Value-added tax

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