Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 9
By Umid Niayesh - Trend: Iran's direct taxes revenues have increased by 28 percent during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) compared to the same period of last year, head of Iranian Taxes Affairs Organization, Ali Askari said, Mehr news agency reported on Nov. 8.
The direct taxes incomes amounted to 219 trillion rials (about $8.79 billion based on the official rate of 24,900 rials per each USD) during the mentioned period.
Askari also underlined that people in Iran are in debt to the Iranian taxation system in the amount of 100 trillion rials (about $4 billion), which have not yet been claimed.
We are planning to increase the share of taxes in the next year's budget bill, he said, without unveiling any exact details.
In August, Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia said that tax evasion in the country should be dealt with.
"We are planning to increase tax incomes, not through raising charges, but through preventing from tax evasion," Tayyebnia added.
"The goal will be achieved through establishing a comprehensive databank on tax affairs," the minister said.
"The administration will place the priority on channelling liquidity into the production sector and provide economic enterprises with revolving capital," he noted.
In July, IRNA quoted Askari as saying that Iran's tax revenues are projected to hit 450.8 trillion rials (about $18.1 billion) during the current Iranian calendar year, up 35 percent year on year.