tag Iran budget bill

NDFI Cap for Gov’t at $3.2b

EghtesadOnline: As part of their latest open session on Sunday to discuss the fiscal 2018-19 budget bill, members of parliament designated the areas where resources from the National Development Fund of Iran are allowed to be spent by the government.
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Publish Date:13/March/2018 | 06:41

No Cigarette Tax Hike Next Year

EghtesadOnline: Cigarette tax will remain unchanged as approved by Majlis Joint Commission, a parliamentary body responsible for reviewing the budget bill proposed by the government before its final ratification.
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Publish Date:17/February/2018 | 13:56

Budget Hike in Cigarette Duties Rejected

EghtesadOnline: Parliamentarians have rejected a proposed increase on cigarette duties incorporated in the next fiscal budget bill (March 2018-19) and referred it back to the Majlis Joint Commission for revision.
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Publish Date:07/February/2018 | 07:08

Iranian Cigarette Prices to Rise 50%

EghtesadOnline: The prices of Iranian cigarettes will increase by 50% as per the parliament’s addendum to the government’s proposed budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2018-19), the head of Tobacco Planning and Supervision Center said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:04/February/2018 | 07:14

Budget Bill Undergoes Revision by MPs

EghtesadOnline: The joint commission of the parliament has wrapped up work on the budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2018-19) and submitted its draft version to the Majlis Presiding Board on Saturday.
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Publish Date:21/January/2018 | 11:38

Iran Budget Bill Becomes Talk of Town

EghtesadOnline: There has barely been any reaction by ordinary citizens to budget bills proposed by governments to the parliaments over the years until recently.
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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 13:44

Commission Approves Iran Budget Bill’s Outlines

EghtesadOnline: Majlis Joint Commission approved the outlines of the budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2018-19) on Sunday and will weigh the details of the bill in the coming weeks, the spokesman of the commission said.
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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 24:59

11% More Tax Revenues Expected in Iran's Next Year Budget

EghtesadOnline: The government is counting on earning 1,287 trillion rials (about $30 billion) in tax revenues in the next fiscal year (March 2018-19) as per the budget bill submitted to parliament back in December.
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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 24:24

Poverty Aid Budget Increases by 75%

EghtesadOnline: In the budget bill for the next fiscal year (starting March 21), the government has allocated 70 trillion rials ($1.62 billion) to provide aid to underprivileged households and individuals covered by the State Welfare Organization and Imam Khomeini Relief Committee–75% more compared to resources allocated in the current year for the same purpose, the spokesman of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran’s Budget Headquarters said.
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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 24:04

Budget Bill Inadequate for Addressing Housing Woes

EghtesadOnline: Ahead of lawmakers’ vote on the government’s proposed budget for the fiscal 2018-19, the parliamentary research center has analyzed the housing and urban development portions of the budget, deeming it a highly faulty roadmap that will fail to alleviate deep-rooted issues in the ailing sector, which accounts for over 5% of the country’s GDP.
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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 09:22

Majlis Commission Okays Rise in Departure Tax

EghtesadOnline: Majlis Joint Commission has okay ed the government-proposed threefold rise in departure tax for the next fiscal year’s (March 2018-19) budget bill from current year’s 750,000 rials ($17) to 2.2 million rials ($51).
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Publish Date:10/January/2018 | 24:43

Proposal to Clear $11b in Iran Government Arrears

EghtesadOnline: Majlis Joint Commission, the body responsible for reviewing the budget bill before its final parliamentary ratification, has approved the inclusion of a clause in the fiscal 2018-19 budget that would see 500 trillion rials ($11.49 billion) of government arrears to private contractors to be cleared through a multilateral debt swap.
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Publish Date:10/January/2018 | 24:29

$230m Earmarked as Agro Export Incentives

EghtesadOnline: In the budget bill proposed to the parliament by the administration of President Hassan Rouhani for the next Iranian year that starts on March 21, 2018, some 10 trillion rials ($238 million) have been allocated to provide incentives for agricultural exports, the spokesman of the parliament’s Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Commission said.
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Publish Date:20/December/2017 | 07:28

Iran Parliament Unlikely to Approve Departure Tax Increase

EghtesadOnline: The dramatic increase in the departure tax proposed by the government in the budget bill for the next fiscal year (starting March 21, 2018) has low chances of approval by the parliament, according to a number of lawmakers.
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Publish Date:13/December/2017 | 14:39

Iran's Budget Bill Allocates $4.2b to Production, Job Creation

EghtesadOnline: As per the budget bill of the coming fiscal year (March 2018-19), the government will allocate 180 trillion rials ($4.28 billion) out of the Subsidy Reform Plan’s resources for production sector and creation of 634,000 jobs, deputy minister of industries Reza Rahmani said.
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Publish Date:13/December/2017 | 14:34

Iran Budget Bill in Parliament on Sunday

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to submit the budget bill for the upcoming fiscal year (March 2018-19) to the parliament on Sunday after the Cabinet approved it on Wednesday, the government spokesman and president of Planning and Budget Organization said.
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Publish Date:09/December/2017 | 08:52

Iran Gov’t to Submit Budget Bill on Dec. 5

EghtesadOnline: The government will submit the budget bill of the next fiscal year (starting March 21, 2018) to the parliament on December 5, the government spokesman and president of Planning and Budget Organization, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:25/October/2017 | 15:07

Rouhani submits budget bill to Majlis

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani presented the draft budget for the next Iranian year (to start March 21, 2017) to the country’s Majlis (Parliament) on Sunday.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 09:17

Majlis Approves Budget

EghtesadOnline: Members of the Iranian Parliament agreed on a 12.17-quadrillion-rial ($269 billion) budget for the next Iranian year on Thursday with 148 votes in favor, 38 against and 3 abstentions.
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Publish Date:24/February/2018 | 09:38