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VAT Standard rate
The standard VAT rate in Armenia in 2025 is 20%, which applies to goods and services where the place of supply is Armenia, and importation of goods into Armenia.VAT Zero rate
Export of goods and services is taxed at zero rate as a rule.This guide covers only the taxation of digital services. If you sell goods, this guide does not apply.
VAT Standard rate
The VAT standard rate in Armenia in 2025 is 20%.
VAT Standard rate
20%
VAT Reduced rate
-
Thresholds
€200,000
VAT registration threshold
The Armenian VAT registration threshold is AMD 115 million (approx. €200,000).Deductible VAT
In Armenia, VAT-taxable persons deduct VAT paid on inputs from VAT charged on sales and report the difference to the tax authorities. VAT is accounted for as follows:- VAT on sales of goods is recognized when the goods are delivered to customers.
- VAT on services is recognized when services are provided to customers.
- The right to deduct VAT on purchases is realized on the date of payment on the condition that the invoice is received before the end of the reporting period.
- The right to a tax deduction for imported goods is realized on the date of import.
Registration procedure
Non-resident organizations will enter the corresponding electronic system from the official website of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia, through which they will register with the tax authority, submit calculations, and pay VAT.Keeping records
The period of keeping records in Armenia must be at least 5 years, starting from the reporting period to which the records refer.VAT returns filing and payment date
VAT payers should file return and pay VAT before the 20th day of the month following the reporting period. The VAT reporting period is considered to be every quarter. If the income in the previous calendar year exceeded AMD 60 million, declarations must be submitted every month.Penalties
A penalty of 10% of the amount of VAT is applied to taxpayers for violating the procedure for filing tax returns. In cases of withholding or reducing turnovers subject to VAT, as well as withholding or reducing the amount of VAT payable to the budget, the VAT payer shall be charged 50 percent of this amount. If the amounts of VAT for supplies and purchases provided, as well as goods and services received are not included (not reflected in the reporting), a fine of AMD 5,000 (approx. €12) per unit of false information (tax invoice) is charged from the person who submitted the information. In cases when tax invoices are issued without transactions on the provision of goods and services, the VAT amounts included in the tax invoices, as well as a fine in the amount of 100% of the VAT amount, but not less than AMD 1 million (approx. €2400) shall be charged from the individuals.Threshold
The Armenian VAT registration threshold is AMD 115 million (approx €200,000).E-services list
Electronic service – rendering services by means of information or telecommunication network (telecommunication), including on the Internet which rendering is impossible without the use of information technologies. The list of electronic services established by the Government is published on the official website of the tax authority.Pieces of evidence
In case of receipt of electronic service by the physical person who is not the individual entrepreneur or the notary – this state satisfies any of the following conditions:- The residence of the physical person receiving electronic service is in this state;
- The location of the bank in which the account used for the work by the physical persons receiving electronic services, payments for these services, or the site of the operator of the settlement system electronic money by means of which the physical person receiving electronic services pays for electronic services, is in the territory of this state is opened;
- Century the network address used by a physical person for receipt of electronic services is registered in this state (concerns the region of the corresponding address);
- The international country code of the phone number used by a physical person for receipt of electronic services or specified in case of payments for them is issued by this state.
Tax representative
Non-residents do not have to appoint local Fiscal Representatives to the VAT register in Armenia.Registration procedure
Non-resident organizations will enter the corresponding electronic system from the official website of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia, through which they will register with the tax authority, submit calculations, and pay VAT according to a simplified procedure, and not according to the current VAT form, saving time and money. The system will be in two languages: English and Russian.Filling VAT returns
A non-resident organization that does not have a permanent representative office in Armenia must submit a VAT calculation to the tax authority by the 20th of the month following the reporting quarter through the portal.VAT payment date
The tax base is equal to the payments received in the relevant quarter, which are converted into Armenian currency at the exchange rate published by the Central Bank of Armenia on the last day of the quarter. VAT due must be paid by the 20th of the month following the quarterly reporting period.
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