In December,14 the project of the state budget of the Artsakh Republic of 2018 and a package of adjacent legislative projects  were discussed in plenary session of  National Assembly.
The minister of finance of the AR Grigori Martirosyan, presenting the indices of personal income and expence planned by the project  of a state budget of the Artsakh Republic for 2018, emphasized that the the chief financial-economic document of the country included  the main regulations improving the development of the economy and the solution of social problems.
Then the minister presented the package of legislative projects noting that the powers of the President of the Republic, prime-minister and government according to the acting law should be revised , aligning them with norms of the Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh accepted in February20, 2017.
The first deputy minister of finance Arthur Harutyunyan presented the package of proposed changes in a a series of tax laws, emphasizing  that these changes were caused by the necessity of extention of the period of use of tax exemption in some economic spheres, taxation mechanism improvement, revision of some liability measures applied due to the legislation.
At the end of the meeting the President of the AR National Assembly announced that deputates and factions might present their offers during 24 hours and the further  discussion of the draft budget for 2018 would take place December,21 .