“About 13 trillion rials ($342.1 million) were collected from 300,000 new taxpayers in the last Iranian year,” Seyyed Kamel Taqavinejad was also quoted as saying by ILNA. According to Taqavinejad, tax revenues constitute 36% of the government’s total revenues and close to 50% of the current budget come from tax collections, according to Financial Tribune.
EghtesadOnline: The fight against tax evasion will be the main goal pursued by the Iranian National Tax Administration in the current Iranian year (started March 21), INTA’s chief said.