EghtesadOnline: As per the budget bill for the next Iranian year (March 2020-21), all healthcare centers, including public or private-run health clinics and facilities as well as charity medical centers or those affiliated to the Armed Forces and state companies have been obliged to deduct 10% of their physicians’ fees and pay it in taxes to the Iranian National Tax Administration.

EghtesadOnline: The Palestinians are holding their first election in a decade in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, giving Hamas militants an opening to entrench their influence in President Mahmoud Abbas’s stronghold.

EghtesadOnline: New banking fees came into effect on May 7. Lenders may offer up to 30% discount on banking charges to be able to compete with their peers and offer up to 40% discount to knowledge-based companies.

EghtesadOnline: The supervisor of the domestic payment network, Shaparak, says acquiring banks paid 87 rials per every 100,000 rials of transactions the eighth month of the calendar year to Nov 22. 

EghtesadOnline: Electronic banking charges are higher than what customers pay, says the Central Bank of Iran's deputy governor for innovative technologies, elaborating the reasons behind the recent increase in bank fees.

EghtesadOnline: Building permit fees in Tehran have increased by 30% as of June 21 compared with last year.

EghtesadOnline: The company overseeing the soon-to-be launched regulated foreign exchange market cut the membership fees for exchange bureaus from the previously announced 1 billion rials ($7,700) to 250 million rials.