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…
2018-03-13 06:41
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.
2018-02-24 09:38
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…
2018-02-17 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…
2018-02-07 07:08
Former CBI Chief Enumerates Pattern of Budgeting Flaws

EghtesadOnline: Former governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Tahmasb Mazaheri, lays the blame for the first-ever rejection of the general outlines of the country’s budget by parliamentarians…
2018-02-05 14:23
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…
2018-02-04 07:14
Cash Subsidy Budget Boosted by $1.5b

EghtesadOnline: The budget allocated to cash subsidy payments in the next fiscal year (starting March 21) has increased by 70 trillion rials ($1.55 billion) to reach 300 trillion rials ($6.66…
2018-01-31 07:21
Iran's Budget Debate in Final Lap

EghtesadOnline: The Subsidy Reform Plan and the pricing of energy carriers topped the agenda of Majlis Joint Commission in its sessions to revise the rejected budget bill for the next fiscal…
2018-01-30 15:19
Iran Parliament Disapproves Proposed Budget Bill

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis on Sunday disapproved the outlines of the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year (March 2018-19).
2018-01-29 11:10
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…
2018-01-21 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.
2018-01-14 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,…
2018-01-14 12:59
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…
2018-01-14 12:24
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…
2018-01-14 12:04
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…
2018-01-14 09:22
$76 Billion for Creating 1m Jobs

EghtesadOnline: As per the budget bill of the next fiscal year (starting March 21), the government will allocate a total of 3,270 trillion rials ($76 billion) to create more than 1.03 million…
2018-01-13 08:59
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…
2018-01-10 12:43
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…
2018-01-10 12:29
Commission Sets Cap for Bond Sales in Next Fiscal Year

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis Joint Commission has given the nod to most of the government’s proposed figures in the budget bill for the next fiscal year (starting March 21) regarding the issuance…
2018-01-10 11:22
$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…
2017-12-20 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…
2017-12-13 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…
2017-12-13 14:34
Iran's Next Year Budget Bill Presented to the Parliament: General Revenues Rise 6.5%

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani presented the budget bill for the fiscal 2018-19 to the parliament on Sunday, a document he called a blueprint for generating employment, eliminating…
2017-12-11 08:21
Iranian Banks’ Incomes, Expenses Projected for 2018-19

EghtesadOnline: The total projected income of eight Iranian state-owned banks, plus the Central Bank of Iran, has been put at 845.2 trillion rials ($20.09 billion) in the budget bill submitted…
2017-12-11 08:05
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,…
2017-12-09 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…
2017-10-25 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.
2016-12-04 09:17
President to attend Majlis on December 4 to explain budget plan

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani will show up in Majlis on December 4 to present budget bill for the next Iranian year, member of parliament presiding board Gholamreza Kateb said on Wednesday.
2016-11-24 20:51