Governor of Iran’s National Tax Administration Davoud Manzour put the country’s tax revenues during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – August 22) at 2000 trillion rials ($6.45 billion) which he said shows a 73% growth compared to figures from last year’s corresponding period.
Noting that Iran’s total revenues over the five-month period stood at rials 4,120 trillion ($13.29 billion), the official said that taxation accounted for almost 49% of the government’s budget.
He said that increasing the share of taxation has been made in line with plans to cut reliance on oil revenues.
Manzour referred to measures taken by Iran’s National Tax Administration for smart taxation and fight with tax evasion, and said that the amount of tax revenues this year has been unprecedented in the country’s history of taxation.