Yerevan /Mediamax/. “K-Telecom” Company (VivaCell brand) heads the list of 300 largest tax-payers in Armenia##, having paid in the first half of 2008 taxes at the total sum of 15,002,186.2 thousand drams.

Mediamax reports that the second and third places in the list are correspondingly occupied by “ArmRosGazprom” (9,413,734.2 thousand drams) and “ArmenTel” (Beeline brand) - 8,168,485.8 thousand drams.

The first ten positions of the list of large tax-payers also included “Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Plant” (7,985,383.3 thousands), “GorPetrolService” (4,906,144.1 thousands), “Flash” (4,770,432.7 thousands), “Alex-Grig” (4,449,863.2 thousands), “Electric Networks of Armenia” (3,420,993.6 thousands), “Armenian Railroad” (3,335,249.0 thousands), “Pares-Armenia” (2,422,494.0 thousands).

At that, as to the sum of social payments, “K-Telecom” occupies the third place (587,543,4 thousand drams), yielding to “Electric Networks of Armenia” (961,184.0 thousands) and “ArmRosGazprom” (760,000.0 thousands). “ArmenTel”, as to the sum of social payments, occupies the fourth place, having paid 560,000,0 thousand drams in the first half.

As to the number of employees, the first place among the tax-payers of Armenia is occupied by “Electric Networks of Armenia” (7879 employees). The second and the third placed are correspondingly occupied by “ArmRosGazprom” (5510 employees) and “ArmenTel” – 4325 employees. “K-Telecom” occupies the 11th place as to the number of employees (1567).