Departure Tax Earns $37m in Eight Months

EghtesdaOnline: The government has earned 14.13 trillion rials ($37 million) from departure tax in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21).

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15 December 2022

A departure tax is a fee paid by a person leaving the country. It is a subcategory of tax on goods and services of indirect taxes.

Last year (March 2021-22), the figure stood at 12.04 trillion rials ($31.6 million), ISNA reported.

In the current year’s budget (March 2022-23), revenues from departure tax have been estimated to reach 15 trillion rials ($39.4 million).

Some countries charge a departure tax only when a person is leaving by air. Various rules apply to the payment of the tax, including payment at the airport to those about to catch a flight (sometimes only in the local currency and sometimes by credit card), or by some prepayment method, or it may be charged to the airlines and included in the airline’s ticket price.