Tax

For 10 straight days Colombians hold protests

TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Rejecting a tax reform bill passed by President Ivan Duque, demonstrators in Colombia hold protests for 10 straight days.

19 dead, 846 injured in days-long Colombia protests

TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) – The office of Colombia's human rights ombudsman said 18 civilians and a police officer died in violence during the protests that began throughout the country on April 28, while 846 people, including 306 civilians, were injured.

Colombia:

Tax reform plans to be revised over massive protests

TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) – At least 209 police officers have been injured and 185 activists detained during the two-day protests against a tax reform proposal in Colombia, the country's police said.

NY Times reveals Trump's big tax avoidance

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – The American newspaper ‘New York Times’ in its latest report revealed US President Trump’s big tax evasion, saying that he paid only $750 in taxes in 2016.

Rouhani orders implementation of new Iran-India tax laws

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, on Tuesday, ordered the finance ministry to implement a new law of an agreement between Iran an India made on double-taxation avoidance and tax-evasion prevention.

Top council approves ban on importing goods with domestic equivalents

TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – The Supreme Council of Economic Coordination held a session Sat. chaired by President Rouhani during which it was decided to ban the import of goods that are produced inside the country.

Pres. Rouhani urges collecting income tax without discrimination

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Stating that collecting tax must be done with transparency, President Rouhani said, “In a transparent process, people must know what portions of their taxes are being spent on services and the country’s development."

BY: Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

Road from oil-reliant economy to oil free one

TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – The US-led sanctions, imposed to squeeze Iran’s oil-reliant economy by restricting oil revenues, has made the need for moving toward a non-oil economy for Iran ever-increasing.

Annual tax revenues at $8.2bn: economy min.

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – According to Iranian Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand up to 1.09 quadrillion rials (above $8.2 billion) of tax revenues were earned during the previous Iranian calendar year, 1397, (ended on March 20, 2019).

Under foreign pressures, Iran taxation system needs reformation: senior cleric

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Leader of Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard stressed the need for structural reforms in the country’s taxation system in the face of foreign economic sanctions.

NDFI official:

12% of NDFI’s financial resources earmarked to counter sanctions

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – A member of Board of Trustees at the National Development Fund of Iran said that the NDFI has allocated 12 percent of financial resources to counter US sanctions on Iran.

IRICA reveals:

Import of foreign tea exempted from VAT

TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) in a directive notified executive managers of all customs offices of the country that import and supply of any foreign brand tea was exempted from Value-Added Tax (VAT) according to the 6th Five-Year Socioeconomic and Cultural Development Plan.